redbird: closeup of me drinking tea, in a friend's kitchen (Default)
( Apr. 10th, 2011 10:29 pm)
Yesterday, on a short walk in the park, we saw a patch of flowers neither of us recognized. Today, we went back for a longer walk, and I took my camera.

After significant hunting around (it wasn't in my Audubon guide to North American wildflowers, and the first several website I tried didn't find it), I have tentatively identified them as Veronica persica, the Persian speedwell or Birdeye speedwell. I've tossed a photo on Flickr so I can show you (I just picked one of the three I took and cropped it a bit; the color shown on my monitor is similar to what I remember, though of course your hardware may vary).


tiny purple flowers and green leaves, with brown leaves underneath.


It doesn't match the Wikipedia description, but flower colors do vary, and nothing else seems to fit. If anyone ([livejournal.com profile] jonsinger?) has a better identification, or is confident that this isn't V. persica (even if you don't know what it is) please let me know.
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