Veronica pimeleoides

Veronica pimeleoides
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Eudicots
(unranked):	Asterids
Order:	Lamiales
Family:	Plantaginaceae
Genus:	Hebe
Species:	H. pimeleoides
Binomial name
Hebe pimeleoides (Hook.f.) Cockayne & Allan

Hebe pimeleoides is a flowering plant of the family Plantaginaceae. It is endemic to the dry mountains of Marlborough and Canterbury, in South Island of New Zealand. It is low-growing, evergreen shrub, reaching 60 cm in height, with gray-green, spear-shaped leaves that are 7–10 mm long. Flowers are pale lilac.

Synonyms

• Hebe glaucicaerulea (J.B.Armstr.) Cockayne
• Veronica glaucicaerulea J.B.Armstr.
• Veronica pimeleoides Hook.f. (basionym)

References

• GBIF entry
• Hebe Society entry
• "Hebe pimeleoides". Germplasm Resources Information Network. Agricultural Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture.
• Trans. & Proc. New Zealand Inst. 57:38. 1926.
• Allan, H. H. B. et al. 1961–. Flora of New Zealand.
• Encke, F. et al. 1984. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 13. Auflage.
• Kellow, A. V. et al. 2003. "Variation in morphology and flavonoid chemistry in Hebe pimeleoides (Scrophulariaceae), including a revised subspecific classification", New Zealand J. Bot. 41:233–253.
• Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium. 1976. Hortus third.