Germander Speedwell - Veronica chamaedrys

Low to short, spreading often sprawling, hairy plant. Stems with two opposite lines of hairs. Leaves oval to oblong lanceolate, toothed, unstalked (or very short stalked) and in pairs. Flowers bright darkish blue with a white centre, 9 to 10 mm borne in opposite, stalked racemes at the base of the upper leaves. Capsule heart shaped with a hairy margin.

Other speedwells, especially V officinalis, V montana

Flowers in axillary racemes (i.e flower spikes, each with several individual flowers along it, grow from the leaf axils, where leaves join the main stem).  Stems with two lines of hairs.  Leaf without stalks (petioles) or very short stalks. 

Can't be identified with confidence from a close-up photo of the flower, or from seed capsules; a general photos and details of leaves, stems and flower spikes needed

Grassland, roadside verges, woodland.

March to July.

Perennial.

Very common throughout Britain.

Very common in Leicestershire and Rutland. In the 1979 Flora survey of Leicestershire it was found in 553 of the 617 tetrads.

In the current Checklist (Jeeves, 2011) it is listed as Native, Frequent