Veronica pinguifolia

{{Short description|Species of plant in the genus Veronica}}

{{Use New Zealand English|date=July 2024}}

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|image=Hebe pinguifolia2.jpg

|image_caption=In bloom

|parent = Veronica sect. Hebe

|genus=Veronica

|species=pinguifolia

|authority=Hook.f.

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|synonyms=

  • Hebe godefroyana (Carrière) Cockayne
  • Hebe pinguifolia (Hook.f.) Cockayne & Allan
  • Veronica godefroyana Carrière
  • Veronica pageana Hadden

}}

Veronica pinguifolia, the disk-leaved hebe or thick-leaved speedwell, is a species of flowering plant in the family Plantaginaceae, native to the South Island of New Zealand.{{cite web |url=http://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:812482-1 |title=Veronica pinguifolia Hook.f. |author= |website=Plants of the World Online |publisher=Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew |access-date=9 July 2021 }}{{cite web |title=Hebe pinguifolia disk-leaved hebe |url=https://www.rhs.org.uk/Plants/8352/Hebe-pinguifolia/Details |date=2021 |publisher=The Royal Horticultural Society |access-date=9 July 2021 }}{{cite web |title=Veronica pinguifolia thick-leaved speedwell |url=https://www.rhs.org.uk/Plants/161806/i-Veronica-pinguifolia-i/Details |date=2021 |publisher=The Royal Horticultural Society |access-date=9 July 2021 }} Under its synonym Hebe pinguifolia, its cultivar 'Pagei' has gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit.{{cite web |title=Hebe pinguifolia 'Pagei' hebe 'Pagei' |url=https://www.rhs.org.uk/Plants/98167/Hebe-pinguifolia-Pagei/Details |date=2021 |publisher=The Royal Horticultural Society |access-date=9 July 2021 }}

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pinguifolia

Category:Endemic flora of New Zealand

Category:Flora of the South Island

Category:Plants described in 1864

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