Hebe stricta var. macroura

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Veronica macroura, Hook. f. Shrub, 1-5 ft. high, much branched, glabrous: lvs. sessile or nearly so, 1-3 in., usually more than 2 in. long, obovate-oblong to obovate-lanceolate or linear-oblong, acute, hardly coriaceous, glabrous or nearly so: racemes 2-4 in. long, longer than the lvs., very densely many-fld.: fls. small, white or pale bluish white; calyx deeply 4-parted, segms. narrow-oblong, finely pubescent, ciliolate: caps. densely crowded, usually pendulous, small, ovate, compressed. New Zeal. G. 37:307. The above text is from the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture. It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article. Click on "Collapse" in the header to hide this text.