Family Scrophulariaceae Veronica serpyllifolia L. subsp. humifusa (Dicks.) Syme
bright-blue speedwell, thyme-leaved speedwell Veronica: named after Saint Veronica, the woman who gave Jesus a cloth to wipe his face while on the way to Calvary, and so named because the markings on some species supposedly resemble those on her sacred handkerchief serpyllifolia: with leaves like those of thyme, Serpyllum
