Plants : ScrophulariaceaeFerns and Flowering Plants

Hebe salicifolia (G.Forster) Pennell

Koromiko

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Hebe salicifolia

Description: This is the only species of 'woody veronica' (Hebe) which is at all frequent as a self-sown shrub of such habitats as mortared walls and quarries. The species was introduced from New Zealand as a garden ornamental shrub. It has narrow spikes of white flowers and long, narrow, willow-like leaves.

All names: Hebe salicifolia (G.Forster) Pennell; Veronica salicifolia Forst.f.

Distribution Map from NBN: Hebe salicifolia at National Biodiversity Network mapping facility, data for UK.

iNaturalist: Hebe salicifolia at iNaturalist World Species Observations database.

 Hackney, P., 2026. Hebe salicifolia. (G.Forster) Pennell. [In] Flora of Northern Ireland.
https://habitas.org/flora/species.php?item=4129. Accessed on 2026-11-02.