Purslane Speedwell, Göteborg, summer 2004

Long after the S-weed explorations are supposedly finished, here's a small sprig of the purslane speedwell. I found it for the first time within the S-weed boundaries in the beginning of the summer (end of april?) at the foot of the first tree in the background. Took a sprig then, as well, but the scanner wasn't friends with my latest system upgrades... Had the sprig in a glass of water, where at least one of the remaining buds opened its tiny whitish flower. And the sprig rooted, was put into a flower pot and set seed. All without any documentation whatsoever from my side.

Soil for the fancy new flowerbed (to the right) was the prime suspected origin, the V. peregrina being resident at and around the plant nursery in Fässberg and popping up here and there in Flowerbeds Near You. So, good to find it now IN the said flowerbed. It deserves to be mentioned as the 446th taxon on S-weed turf.

 



Veronica peregrina
Pilgrimsveronika

Eva Ekeblad, 2004