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Hebe
Hebe
Hebe /ˈhiːbiː/ is a genus of plants native to New Zealand, Rapa in French Polynesia, the Falkland Islands, and South America. It includes about 90 species and is the largest plant genus in New Zealand. Apart from H. rapensis (endemic to Rapa), all species occur in New Zealand. This includes the two species, H. salicifolia and H. elliptica, that have distributions extending to South America. The genus is named after the Greek goddess of youth, Hebe.
60 branches of this group, most-observed first

New Zealand hebe
speciesVeronica speciosa

Koromiko
speciesVeronica stricta
koromiko
speciesVeronica salicifolia
Shore Hebe
speciesVeronica elliptica

Boxleaf Hebe
speciesVeronica odora

Hedge Veronica
hybridVeronica × franciscana

Veronica macrocarpa
speciesVeronica macrocarpa

Lyall's speedwell
speciesVeronica lyallii

Banks Peninsula Hebe
speciesVeronica strictissima

Tree Hebe
speciesVeronica parviflora
Veronica subalpina
speciesVeronica subalpina

Veronica epacridea
speciesVeronica epacridea
Veronica hectorii
speciesVeronica hectorii
Veronica tetragona
speciesVeronica tetragona

Veronica topiaria
speciesVeronica topiaria

Veronica pinguifolia
speciesVeronica pinguifolia
Veronica venustula
speciesVeronica venustula
Veronica macrantha
speciesVeronica macrantha

Whipcord Hebe
speciesVeronica lycopodioides

Hooker's Speedwell
speciesVeronica hookeriana
Banks Peninsula Sun Hebe
speciesVeronica lavaudiana

Veronica diosmifolia
speciesVeronica diosmifolia

Veronica decora
speciesVeronica decora

Veronica lanceolata
speciesVeronica lanceolata
Veronica albicans
speciesVeronica albicans

Veronica vernicosa
speciesVeronica vernicosa
Veronica hookeri
speciesVeronica hookeri

Veronica buchananii
speciesVeronica buchananii

Anderson's Hebe
hybridVeronica × andersonii

Veronica stenophylla
speciesVeronica stenophylla
Veronica pimeleoides
speciesVeronica pimeleoides
Veronica leiophylla
speciesVeronica leiophylla
Veronica pulvinaris
speciesVeronica pulvinaris

Veronica densifolia
speciesVeronica densifolia

Hooker's hebe
speciesVeronica brachysiphon

Veronica thomsonii
speciesVeronica thomsonii

Veronica ligustrifolia
speciesVeronica ligustrifolia

Veronica pauciramosa
speciesVeronica pauciramosa
Veronica corriganii
speciesVeronica corriganii

Marlborough hebe
speciesVeronica hulkeana

Northern hebe
speciesVeronica obtusata

Veronica macrocalyx
speciesVeronica macrocalyx
Cypress hebe
speciesVeronica cupressoides

Veronica decumbens
speciesVeronica decumbens
Veronica spathulata
speciesVeronica spathulata
Veronica tetrasticha
speciesVeronica tetrasticha
Canterbury hebe
speciesVeronica canterburiensis

Veronica raoulii
speciesVeronica raoulii

Veronica ciliolata
speciesVeronica ciliolata

Chatham Island Koromiko
speciesVeronica chathamica

Veronica cheesemanii
speciesVeronica cheesemanii

Veronica rakaiensis
speciesVeronica rakaiensis

Veronica masoniae
speciesVeronica masoniae

Veronica pubescens
speciesVeronica pubescens
Bentham's Veronica
speciesVeronica benthamii

Veronica subfulvida
speciesVeronica subfulvida

Waitakere Rock Koromiko
speciesVeronica bishopiana
Veronica linifolia
speciesVeronica linifolia
Veronica traversii
speciesVeronica traversii
Veronica glaucophylla
speciesVeronica glaucophylla
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 939982.
