| No | 67 |
| Common Name: | Common Field Speedwell |
| Scientific Name: | Veronica persica |
| Irish Name: | Lus cré garraí |
| Family: | Veronicaceae |
| Habitat: | Found on bare soil, cultivated and waste ground |
| Uses: | In times past there was a tradition among seafaring folk which was to give travellers a little bunch of blue flowers and wishing them ‘Speed Well’. Some of the species are edible |
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