The plant hosts multiple lilac coloured flowers from late spring to early summer.

Similar species include Veronica chamaedrys (whose leaves are duller, hairier, narrower and commonly almost unstalked, with hairs usually focussed in two lines on the stems) and Veronica persica (whose flowers are solitary and emerge from the stem with the leaf stalks) The species native range is from Europe to Western Transcaucasus, Northwestern Africa.

[1] The following ranges are indicated: Albania, Algeria, Austria, Baltic states, Belarus, Belgium, Bulgaria, Corsica, the Czech Republic, Denmark, France, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, the Netherlands, North Caucasus, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Sicily, Slovakia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, South Caucasus, Tunisia, Turkey, Ukraine, Yugoslavia.

[1] Wood speedwell is commonly associated with long-established, damp deciduous woodland, where it is generally found in lowland habitats.

This species can grow within a wide range of substrates from loam, heavy clay and sandy soils.