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Veronica pauciramosa

Veronica pauciramosa
Photo: Daderot, CC0

Veronica pauciramosa is a small, upright evergreen shrub from the mountains of New Zealand's South Island, growing to about 40 cm with tiny leaves and white flowers. It is a hardy alpine-type plant that needs cool conditions and good drainage.

Family
Plantaginaceae (Plantain family)
Grows as
Shrub
Light
Full sun
Water
Water regularly while establishing, then allow the top of the soil to dry slightly between waterings.
Soil
Free-draining, gritty or loam-based mix.
Temperature
Tolerates cool conditions; protect from prolonged heat and humidity, below about -10 °C in severe frost.
How easy
Moderate
Native range
New Zealand South I.
Climate
subalpine or subarctic

About

Veronica pauciramosa, synonym Hebe pauciramosa, is a species of plant in the family Plantaginaceae. It is endemic to the South Island of New Zealand, where it grows in mountains. It is an upright, evergreen shrub about 16 in (40 cm) tall, with green, spear-shaped leaves 0.2 in (6 mm) long, and white flowers.

Hebe pauciramosa var. masoniae L.B.Moore is now treated as a separate species, Veronica masoniae.

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 pauciramosa by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.

The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.

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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