Veronica plebeia

Stoloniferous perennial; stolons to c. 1 m long; flowering stems to 10 cm high, hairs decurved, c. 0.2 mm long, denser in lateral bands on stems and longer and denser at nodes. Leaves c. triangular, mostly 8–20 mm long, 5–16 mm wide, apex more or less acute, base truncate to slightly cordate, margins with 3–8 pairs of irregular teeth; petiole 3–20 mm long. Racemes lateral, mostly 2–5 cm long, 3–10-flowered; peduncle 5–35 cm long; bracts 3–7.5 mm long; pedicels 2–7 mm long. Calyx-lobes 3.4–7 mm long, 1.3–3.7 mm wide in fruit, shortly ciliate; corolla 2–3.5 mm long, pale lavender. Capsule broad-obovate, 2.5–4.5 mm long and wide, slightly emarginate, sparsely pubescent to glabrous; style 0.9–1.5 mm long. Flowers spring and summer.