Horton Wood, Small Dole, Henfield. ssp. hederifolia has darker and more bluish flowers and darker anthers. This is the more common ssp than ssp. hederifolia (around here, anyway).

Ivy-Leaved Speedwell (Veronica hederifolia ssp lucorum) (30/03/2024) Horton Wood, Small Dole, Henfield. ssp. hederifolia has darker and more bluish flowers and darker anthers. This is the more common ssp than ssp. hederifolia (around here, anyway).

Horton Wood, Small Dole, Henfield. Incredibly sparkly petals under certain flash exposures.

Ivy-Leaved Speedwell (Veronica hederifolia ssp lucorum) (30/03/2024) Horton Wood, Small Dole, Henfield. Incredibly sparkly petals under certain flash exposures.

Ivy-Leaved Speedwell (Veronica hederifolia ssp lucorum) (30/03/2024) Horton Wood, Small Dole, Henfield. Paler anthers than ssp. hederifolia.

Ivy-Leaved Speedwell (Veronica hederifolia ssp lucorum) (23/04/2021) Southbank Barn, Henfield (verge behind house). A very pale ssp. lucorum.

Ivy-Leaved Speedwell (Veronica hederifolia ssp lucorum) (16/04/2022) Woods Mill Nature Reserve, Small Dole, Henfield, W Sussex.

Southbank Barn, Henfield (verge behind house). MAsses of it here, flowers vary between being really pale as here, or rather more mauve-coloured.

Ivy-Leaved Speedwell (Veronica hederifolia ssp lucorum) (12/04/2020) Southbank Barn, Henfield (verge behind house). MAsses of it here, flowers vary between being really pale as here, or rather more mauve-coloured.

Southbank Barn, Henfield (verge behind house). ssp lucorum has sometimes really pale, nearly white, flowers. It is a very hairy plant.

Ivy-Leaved Speedwell (Veronica hederifolia ssp lucorum) (14/04/2020) Southbank Barn, Henfield (verge behind house). ssp lucorum has sometimes really pale, nearly white, flowers. It is a very hairy plant.

Ivy-Leaved Speedwell (Veronica hederifolia ssp lucorum) (27/04/2021) Southbank Barn, Henfield (verge behind house). Showing its sprawling nature.

Horton Wood, Small Dole, Henfield, W Sussex. Literally masses of it growing amongst the bluebells which act to show how tiny and pale are the flowers.

Ivy-Leaved Speedwell (Veronica hederifolia ssp lucorum) (07/05/2021) Horton Wood, Small Dole, Henfield, W Sussex. Literally masses of it growing amongst the bluebells which act to show how tiny and pale are the flowers.

Horton Wood, Small Dole, Henfield. The books say that ssp. lucorum has the end lobe longer than wide, and ssp. hederifolia wider than long but this one doesn't seem to obey that rule. However, also sources say the leaves of this ssp. are more rounded - less bluntly toothed than those of ssp. hederifolia. And this does seem to be the case here!

Ivy-Leaved Speedwell (Veronica hederifolia ssp lucorum) (30/03/2024) Horton Wood, Small Dole, Henfield. The books say that ssp. lucorum has the end lobe longer than wide, and ssp. hederifolia wider than long but this one doesn't seem to obey that rule. However, also sources say the leaves of this ssp. are more rounded - less bluntly toothed than those of ssp. hederifolia. And this does seem to be the case here!

Ivy-Leaved Speedwell (Veronica hederifolia ssp lucorum) (26/05/2021) Southbank Barn, Henfield (verge behind house). Crappy image of the fruit.