| Family | PLANTAGINACEAE |
| Genus species | Veronica benthamii Hook.f. subgen. Hebe |
| Bibliography | Fl. Antarct.: 60 (1844) |
| Native Range | Antipodean Is. |
| Primary Biome | Temperate |
| Habitat | rocky slopes |
| Description | branchlets subglabrous, leaves coriaceous, curvate, obovate-spathulate, dentate, obtuse to truncate, at margins conspicuosly white hirsute, flowers in terminal racemes |
| Size | 15-50cm |
| Color | bright blue |
| Bloom | summer |
| Ca | |
| Type | shrub |
| Cultivation | sunny rock crevices, protection against winter wet alpine house, poor, drained soil, sun |
| Propagation | seed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1-3 months, 16-21°C basal cuttings in late summer and fall |
| Synonyms | Hebe benthamii (Hook.f.) Cockayne & Allan Leonohebe benthamii (Hook.f.) Heads Veronica finaustrina Hombr. & Jacquinot ex Decne. |
| Territory | 5 Australasia 51 New Zealand (ATP Antipodean Is.) |