This delicate flower is only one sixth of an inch in size. It does not need insects to pollinate it. It is able to pollinate itself. This happens when the flower fades and its petals crumple inward, causing the pollen from the anthers to land on the stigma which leads to the plants ovary. The name Speedwell, some believe, is because of how much it was used in early medicine... and thus a "Speedy Recovery". Why does that remind me of Mr. Rogers? Tennyson refered to it, " The little speedwell's darling blue", in the poem "In Memoriam".Where I found it : In the lawn
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