Veronica strictissima(Kirk) Garn.-Jones

WFO wfo-0000508137 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC0 / CC BY

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 8 separate observations

Veronica strictissima, photographed by Jon Sullivan
fig. a Jon Sullivan, CC BY 4.0 / 2022-05-02 / obs. 194976954
Veronica strictissima, photographed by Jon Sullivan
fig. b Jon Sullivan, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 195889770
Veronica strictissima, photographed by Tom Ferguson
fig. c Tom Ferguson, CC0 1.0 / obs. 174795284
Veronica strictissima, photographed by Alice Shanks
fig. d Alice Shanks, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 173795673
Veronica strictissima, photographed by Alice Shanks
fig. e Alice Shanks, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 184999547
Veronica strictissima, photographed by Jenny Saito
fig. f Jenny Saito, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 159733745
Veronica strictissima, photographed by Jon Sullivan
fig. g Jon Sullivan, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 126806561
Veronica strictissima, photographed by Jon Sullivan
fig. h Jon Sullivan, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 126775785

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Native range 1 botanical country

Regions where Veronica strictissima is native: New Zealand South New Zealand South
Native distribution of Veronica strictissima, after Kew’s World Checklist of Vascular Plants. Introduced, extinct and doubtful records are excluded, so this is where the plant is from, not everywhere it now grows.
RegionTDWG codeContinent
New Zealand South NZS AUSTRALASIA

Region boundaries approximated from Natural Earth (public domain) and mapped to TDWG World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions (WGSRPD) level-3 botanical countries (Brummitt 2001). Indicative, not the official WGSRPD geometry.

Also published as 2 synonyms

A synonym is not an error. It is a record of botanists disagreeing, in print, about where this plant belongs. Each of these was somebody’s considered answer.

  • Hebe strictissima (Kirk) L.B.Moore
  • Veronica parviflora var. strictissima Kirk

Sourcesevery claim on this page

  1. World Flora Online Plant List. accepted name, authority, classification. CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-12.
  2. iNaturalist. photographs and flowering annotations, CC0 / CC BY / CC BY-SA only. per photograph. Retrieved 2026-06-27.
  3. Kew, World Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP v16). native distribution by TDWG level-3 botanical country, and life form. CC BY 3.0. Retrieved 2026-06-04.

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