| Family | PLANTAGINACEAE |
| Genus species | Veronica catarractae G.Forst. subgen. Hebe |
| Bibliography | Fl. Ins. Austr.: 3 (1786) |
| Native Range | New Zealand |
| Primary Biome | Temperate |
| Habitat | alluvial gravel |
| Description | leaves 1-4cm long, ovate or elliptic, dentate, coriaceous, adaxially dark green, pale green abaxially, flowers numerous, to 1cm across, veined, in raceme |
| Size | 15-30cm |
| Color | white |
| Bloom | summer, autumn |
| Ca | |
| Type | subshrub |
| Cultivation | gravelly, humous, moist, sunny site alpine house, moist, humous, gravelly soil, sun |
| Propagation | seed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1-3 months, 18-21°C basal cuttings in late summer and fall |
| Synonyms | Hebe catarractae (G.Forst.) A.Wall Panoxis catarractae (G.Forst.) Raf. Parahebe catarractae (G.Forst.) W.R.B.Oliv. Parahebe catarractae ssp. diffusa (Hook.f.) Garn.-Jones Parahebe diffusa (Hook.f.) W.R.B.Oliv. Veronica catarractae var. diffusa Hook.f. Veronica diffusa Hook.f. |
| Territory | 5 Australasia 51 New Zealand (NZN New Zealand North, NZS New Zealand South) |