Tiny (!) blue flower in lawn, ID?

May 01, 2006 9 Replies

There's a really tiny blue flowered thing in the lawn pic

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leaves, little hairs on the stem and leaves, slightly toothed leaves.



Four petals.



Much smaller than a chickweed, which itself is pretty small.



Newcomb's Wildflower book doesn't seem to have it, or anyway not where I'm looking.


The images of cc on the net seem to suggest it's a lot bigger in size. This baby is really tiny. You can barely count the petals unless you're nearsighted and so have a built-in microscope.

Also it has little hairs all over and cc appears not to.

Looks like some type of speedwell (Veronica), maybe corn speedwell (V. arvensis)

Thanks, that looks right.

Could it be "Forget Me Nots"? Are there clusters of little flowers?

Creeping charlie flowers are extremely tiny, and the leaves are hairy, toothed and opposite. I am pretty sure your snappy is of creeping charlie.

Some pe>>

I said creeping charlie above, but the photos I've now seen of V. arvensis make me lean toward that instead of cc.

More photos of your plant, please, >>

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