What's this Plant?

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Low growing herbaceous plant, Central Texas 9a (mander.xyz)

submitted 8 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Morning y'all, anyone able to identify this "weed?" It grows very low to the ground and has tiny blue flowers. Seems to be one of the first bloomers of the year

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (1 children)

Looks like Veronica persica, like the poster above noted, a "speedwell". It's exotic and naturalized but I don't know that it's invasive as it blooms early, stays low, and seems to only inhabit areas of high disturbance. I always enjoy seeings its flowers

[–] Cheradenine 6 points 8 months ago

Mason bees seem to like it, so I'm not against it.