Veronica arenaria A.Cunn. ex Benth.

Woody shrub to about 1m tall, dying back each year. Leaves linear or with irregular linear lobes, 2-5.5 cm long, 1-3 mm wide, stalkless. Flower clusters mostly opposite, of 50-100 flowers. Flowers bright violet-blue, spring to autumn. Fruit capsules obovoid to about 6 mm long. [Veronica arenaria Benth.]

SE Qld, N NSW

Sometimes available under the name Cottage Blue which is not a true cultivar.

Source: Spencer, R. (2002). Scrophulariaceae. In: Spencer, R.. Horticultural Flora of South-eastern Australia. Volume 4. Flowering plants. Dicotyledons. Part 3. The identification of garden and cultivated plants. University of New South Wales Press. (as Derwentia arenaria)

kingdom Plantae
phylum   Tracheophyta
class    Magnoliopsida
superorder     Asteranae
order      Lamiales
family       Plantaginaceae
genus        Veronica L.