Common Name: thymeleaf speedwellScientific Name: Veronica serpyllifolia L.Family Name: Scrophulariaceae - Figwort FamilyIdentification NotesLife Cycleintroduced perennial, reproducing by seed and rooting stems Stemsprostrate to ascending, reproductive upright, nearly smooth, rooting at nodes, form dense mat Leaves lower opposite, ovate, oval or roundish, short petioled, entire or fine toothed; upper alternate, sessile, smaller Flowers 4-petaled, pale blueish-white with darker blue stripes; petals - lateral (2) and apical larger than lower; solitary, short stalked, axillary Seed Podsheart-shaped, smooth, notched top, short style