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Hooker's Hebe

Veronica brachysiphon

Hooker's Hebe
Photo: Mike Dickison, CC BY 4.0
Family
Plantaginaceae (Plantain family)
Grows as
Shrub
Native range
New Zealand
Climate
temperate

About

Veronica brachysiphon (formerly known as Hebe brachysiphon), is a species of shrubby plant in the family Plantaginaceae, endemic to New Zealand.

Where it grows

V. brachysiphon is found only in New Zealand, imostly in subalpine areas of Marlborough and Canterbury from the main divide to the eastern foothills. Its northern limit is the Red Hills Range near Nelson, and its southern is near Mount Hutt. It prefers shrubland but can be found in beech forest near the treeline.

Other Veronica plants

Speedwell · Veronica pimeleoides · Veronica sect. Hebe · French Speedwell · Green field speedwell · Veronica Recurva · Alpine speedwell · American speedwell · Water speedwell · Leafless-stemmed speedwell · Veronica arcuata · Veronica arenaria

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Veronica brachysiphon by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.

Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.

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