Speedwell
the common name of plants of the genus Veronica, natural order Scrophulariaceae, natives of tem- COMMON SPEEDWELL SPEEDWELL perate climates all over the world. The species consist of herbs, undershrubs, or shrubs. The flowers are of a blue, white, or red color, having two stamens. V.
Virginica has a white corolla. V. officinalis, or common speedwell, was once extensively used as a substitute for tea, and also as a tonic and diuretic. V.
Teucrium, or germander-leaved speedwell, has much the same properties as common speedwell, and V. Chamaedrys, or germander speedwell, is a very general favorite, on account of its being among the very first that opens its flowers in the early spring.