Hebe elliptica (Forst.f.) Pennell

Kokomuka

Accepted name: Veronica elliptica

Erect or spreading shrub to 1.5 m tall. Leaves spreading and sometimes turned to face in one direction, mostly 2-4 cm long, 8-15 mm wide, elliptic to oblong, leathery. Flower clusters lateral, of about 5-15 flowers. Flowers white to pale violet.

New Zealand

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.