Garden Speedwell (Veronica longifolia)

Family: Scrophulariaceae | Edibility: Edible (1/5)

Bloom Color: Blue, Pink, Purple, White. Main Bloom Time: Early summer, Late summer, Mid summer. UPDATE: Veronica longifolia L. is a synonym of Pseudolysimachion longifolium (L.) Opiz. Form: Upright or erect.

Edible Parts & Harvest Seasons

Edible Parts: Leaves, Shoots

Harvest Seasons: Early Summer, Spring

Flavor & Culinary Uses

Leaves and young shoots - raw or cooked. A famine food, they are only used when all else fails. — Leaves and young shoots - raw or cooked.; A famine food, they are only used when all else fails.

Habitat & North American Range

Steppes, grassy mountain slopes, meadows at forest edges and birch forests below 1500 metres in northwest China. (Zone 4, Zone 5, Zone 6, Zone 7, Zone 8, Zone 9, Zone 10)