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DESCRIPTION:
Thymeleaf speedwell is
a perennial broadleaf weed. Its stems are mostly creeping and root
at joints giving it the ability to grow into dense mats. It is found
in wastelands, fertile fields, gardens, and lawns. Its cotyledons (seed leaves) are
spoon to egg-shaped. The first true leaves are opposite along the stem, stalkless, hairless, and have a smooth margin. Older leaves can be more egg to narrowly football-shaped and have toothed margins. Lower leaves have a smooth or fine-toothed
margins, are opposite along the stem, oval to roundish in shape, and borne on short stalks. Upper leaves are alternate, stalkless, and smaller than the lower leaves, and
oval to elliptic in shape.
The four-petaled flowers of thymeleaf speedwell, borne on stalks,
are pale blue-white with darker blue stripes. Seed pods are heart shaped,
smooth, and have a notched top.
It reproduces by seed and rooting stems.
Broadleaf ID illustration.
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