Color Challenge Friday Blue - "SPEEDWELL" ~ © Tiffany E. Reed
Anyone who is a perfectionist about their lawn — which does NOT include me — has likely battled many different "weeds" that try to take hold in their otherwise pristine ecosystems. Plants such as dandelions and woodsorrel sometimes creep in, often because of something a bird ate, and pooped out, later.
Another of those plants that is common in pastures as well as lawns is Speedwell. While researching several sites on the Internet to identify this pretty little flower, I learned that there are several different species, but this is likely Veronica persica — also known as Common Speedwell, Birdeye Speedwell, or Persian Speedwell. The plant was originally native to Europe and Asia, but has become widespread as an introduced species in many areas, including the US and Canada.
~photo © by me, as noted~
This is another entry in the ColorChallenge which @kalemandra began. It's been such fun participating in it each day since I've been here! 
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Beautiful picture...
Thank you so much! 😊
My daughter, wandering through the "grass" in my backyard.
While it's in bloom, I mow around this patch of about 20ft x 10ft of some weed, that blooms!
That is a REALLY PRETTY pic! Love all those lovely blooms! 😊 My first thought of what the plant is: hedgenettle, also known as: betony (Stachys officinalis). I'd have to see the leaves and/or a closeup of the flowers to be sure, though. I don't blame you for mowing around them!
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That's a really sharp close up picture!
I love my weeds too. Thanks for highlighting this beauty.
For something that can be considered a "weed", this one is really cute! Especially since I'm pretty biased to colors with tinges of blue. :3 nice pic
A nice picture. Thanks for the information about the plant.
@seyiodus.
flower is beautiful