Veronica epacridea Hook. fil.

Veronica epacridea, synonym Hebe epacridea, is a plant of the family Plantaginaceae.^[1] It is endemic to altitudes above 3,000 feet from the Marlborough Region to Otago region on the South Island of New Zealand. It is a low-growing, evergreen shrub, reaching 10 cm in height, with thick, closely placed, recurved green leaves that are 5–7 mm long. Flowers are white.

References

• GBIF entry
• Hebe Society entry
• Tuatara, vol. 12, issue 1, March 1964.
• Steven J. Wagstaff, Michael J. Bayly, Philip J. Garnock-Jones and Dirk C. Albach, "Classification, Origin, and Diversification of the New Zealand Hebes (Scrophulariaceae)", Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden, Vol. 89, No. 1 (Winter, 2002), pp. 38–63.