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Herbarium specimen: Veronica chamaedrys

Taxon:Scrophulariaceae: Veronica chamaedrys L. ("Germander Speedwell")
Filed in taxon folder:Scrophulariaceae: Veronica chamaedrys L. ("Germander Speedwell")
Collected by:Mr Victor Samuel Summerhayes
Collection date:5/5/1946
Locality:Great Britain, VC17 Surrey, Hackhurst Downs, TQ0948, NW of Gomshall Station at foot of Hackhurst Downs, in a deserted arable field with Origamuns, Senecio Jacobaea. 400ft
Institution:Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Accession number:K001011846
Image:
© Kew
Veronica chamaedrys herbarium specimen from Hackhurst Downs, VC17 Surrey in 1946 by Mr Victor Samuel Summerhayes.
collector's number:1449
notes:very dewarf creeping stems forming a patch 1ft in diameter; stems reddish, flowers bright blue, fading paler.

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Documented by xmhcman on 15th March 2014.

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