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Veronica pubescens

Veronica pubescens
Photo: Aira Francisca Faúndez Fallau, CC BY 4.0
Family
Plantaginaceae (Plantain family)
Native range
N. New Zealand North I.
Climate
subtropical

About

Veronica pubescens is a species of flowering plant in the family Plantaginaceae. The plant has three known subspecies: Veronica pubescens subsp. pubescens (the Coromandel koromiko) Veronica pubescens subsp. rehuarum (Great Barrier koromiko) and Veronica pubescens subsp. sejuncta (the Mokohinau koromiko). The species is endemic to New Zealand, with subspecies found on the Coromandel Peninsula, Great Barrier Island and the Mokohinau Islands respectively.

Where it grows

The species is endemic to New Zealand. Veronica pubescens subsp. pubescens is found on the Coromandel Peninsula, Veronica pubescens subsp. rehuarum on Great Barrier Island, and Veronica pubescens subsp. sejuncta, found on the Mokohinau Islands and Little Barrier Island. The plants typically live in open coastal areas or scrublands, on rock outcrops and cliffs, and inland in areas of regenerating forest.

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 pubescens 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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