| Family | PLANTAGINACEAE |
| Genus species | Veronica subsimilis Colenso subgen. Hebe |
| Bibliography | Trans. & Proc. New Zealand Inst. 31: 278 (1899) |
| Native Range | New Zealand |
| Primary Biome | Subalpine |
| Habitat | grassland |
| Description | leaves densely imbricate, triangular to subulate, 2-4mm long, on base connate, dark yellow-green, inflorescence spicate, many flowered |
| Size | 40-90cm |
| Color | white |
| Bloom | summer |
| Ca | |
| Type | shrub |
| Cultivation | humous, moist, but in winter drier, semi-shady site alpine house, moist, humous soil, shading in summer |
| Propagation | seed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1-3 months, 16-21°C basal cuttings in late summer and fall |
| Synonyms | Hebe astonii (Petrie) Cockayne & Allan Hebe hectori ssp. subsimilis (Colenso) Wagstaff & Wardle Hebe subsimilis (Colenso) Ashwin Hebe tetragona ssp. subsimilis (Colenso) Bayly & Kellow Leonohebe subsimilis (Colenso) Heads Leonohebe subsimilis var. astonii (Petrie) Heads Veronica tetragona ssp. subsimilis (Colenso) Garn.-Jones |
| Territory | 5 Australasia 51 New Zealand (NZN New Zealand North) |