Botanical atlas
Alpine Speedwell
Veronica alpina
This plant is kept in the atlas for identification and safety, not for use. Read the safety notes below before handling it, and keep it away from children, cats, and food.
Alpine speedwell shares its lineage with common speedwell, a plant long steeped in European folk herbalism for soothing coughs, calming irritated skin, and settling a restless stomach. High in the mountains where it grows, alpine communities are said to have gathered its modest leaves in the same gentle spirit, brewing a mild tea or dabbing a cooled infusion onto minor skin troubles. It never rose to the fame of its lowland cousin in the herbal texts, but it was quietly trusted as a small comfort drawn from a harsh and beautiful landscape.
Safety.
Alpine speedwell isn't known to be toxic, though it hasn't been studied as closely as common speedwell, so treat it as a mild, occasional plant rather than an everyday tea, and avoid it during pregnancy and breastfeeding.
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