Wildflowers of the National Capital Region

Viola hirsutula

Common name(s): Southern wood violet

Common name(s): Le Conte’s violet, Sand violet

Common name(s): Marsh blue violet

Common name(s): Dwarf ginseng

Common name(s): Coville’s phacelia

Common name(s): Incised fumewort

Common name(s): Tiny bluet

Common name(s): Golden saxifrage

Veronica persica (Persian speedwell) and Veronica polita (Gray field speedwell) are plants which bloom in early spring in fields, gardens, and lawns. The flowers of each are very similar, and V. polita may often be overlooked, assumed to be the more common V. persica.

Common name(s): Gray field speedwell