Veronica scutellata

Marsh speedwell

Family: Plantaginaceae · Type: perennial · Native

Marsh speedwell is a California native perennial found in coastal, northern, and central California regions, including the North Coast, Sierra Nevada, and Monterey Peninsula, in wet meadows and pond habitats at elevations below 2,300 meters. Flowering from May to August, this plant produces delicate white to blue flowers with purple lines, typically 5 to 7 millimeters across. Growing with slender, decumbent to erect stems 10 to 60 centimeters tall, it spreads through a rhizomatous root system. Its lance-linear leaves are sessile, 20 to 40 millimeters long, often with a purple tinge and appearing much longer than wide. The fruit is distinctive, measuring 3 to 4 millimeters wide and deeply notched at the tip.

Habitat: Wet meadows, ponds

Bloom period: May-Aug

Elevation: < 2300 m

Bioregions: NCo, NCoRO, CaR, SN, CCo, SnBr, MP

California counties: Humboldt, Sonoma, Tulare, El Dorado, Marin, Plumas, Fresno, San Bernardino, Mendocino, Mariposa, Butte, Nevada, Del Norte, Lassen, Siskiyou, Modoc, Tehama, Mono, Shasta, Sierra, Madera, Tuolumne

Data from The California Species Project — 14,000+ California species with verified data from CNPS, CDFW, USFWS, Jepson eFlora, Cal-IPC, and more.