| Family | PLANTAGINACEAE |
| Genus species | Veronica hookeriana Walp. subgen. Hebe |
| Bibliography | Repert. Bot. Syst. 3: 341 (1844) |
| Native Range | New Zealand |
| Primary Biome | Subalpine |
| Habitat | rocky slopes |
| Description | leaves usually imbricate, 4-12mm, broadly ovate to oval, deeply crenate, ciliate, sparsely hirsute, raceme densely glandular-hirsute, flowers 4-8, 8-10 across |
| Size | 10-15cm |
| Color | bluish, white |
| Bloom | summer |
| Ca | |
| Type | subshrub |
| Cultivation | rock crevices with favourable water regime, eastern slopes alpine house, poor, drained soil, shading in summer |
| Propagation | seed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1-3 months, 18-21°C basal cuttings in late summer and fall |
| Synonyms | Hebe hookeriana (Walp.) Allan Hebe olsenii (Colenso) A.Wall Parahebe hookeriana (Walp.) W.R.B.Oliv. Parahebe olsenii (Colenso) W.R.B.Oliv. Veronica compacta Colenso Veronica nivalis Benth Veronica nivea Hook.f. Veronica olsenii Colenso |
| Territory | 5 Australasia 51 New Zealand (NZN New Zealand North) |