Editing Veronica sect. Hebe

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{{Automatic taxobox
|image = Scrophulariaceae hebe 'waireka'.jpg
|image_caption = ''Veronica'' 'Waireka'
|taxon = Veronica sect. Hebe
|authority = (Juss.) G.Don
|subdivision_ranks = Species
|subdivision = See text.
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'''''Veronica'' sect. ''Hebe''''' is a group of plants within the genus ''[[Veronica (plant)|Veronica]]'', native to New Zealand, [[Rapa Iti|Rapa]] in French Polynesia, the [[Falkland Islands]] and South America. It was formerly treated as the separate genus '''''Hebe''''' ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|h|iː|b|iː}}<ref>''Sunset Western Garden Book,'' 1995:606–607</ref>). It includes about 90 species. Almost all species occur in New Zealand, apart from ''[[Veronica rapensis]]'' ([[endemic (ecology)|endemic]] to Rapa) and ''[[Veronica salicifolia]]'', found in South America. It is named after the [[Greek mythology|Greek goddess]] of youth, [[Hebe (mythology)|Hebe]]. Informally, species in the section may be called '''shrubby veronicas''' or '''hebes'''.

Hebes are widely grown as ornamental plants (see [[#Cultivation|Cultivation]] below).

==Description==
Species in ''Veronica'' sect. ''Hebe'' have four perpendicular rows of [[leaf|leaves]] in opposite [[decussate]] pairs. The [[flower]]s are [[Perfect flower|perfect]], the [[Corolla (flower)|corolla]] usually has four slightly unequal lobes, the flower has two [[stamen]]s and a long [[carpel|style]]. Flowers are arranged in a [[raceme|spiked]] [[inflorescence]]. Identification of species is difficult, especially if they are not in flower. The plants range in size from dwarf shrubs to small trees up to 7 metres (23 feet), and are distributed from coastal to [[alpine climate|alpine]] ecosystems. Large-leaved species are normally found on the coast, in lowland scrub and along forest margins. At higher altitudes smaller-leaved species grow, and in alpine areas there are whipcord species with leaves reduced to thick scales.

==Taxonomy==
There are differing classifications for the genus. The former genus ''Hebe'', together with the related Australasian genera ''Chionohebe'', ''[[Derwentia (plant)|Derwentia]]'', ''Detzneria'', ''Parahebe'', ''Heliohebe'' and ''Leonohebe'' are now included in the larger genus  ''[[Veronica (plant)|Veronica]]'' (hence the common name shrubby veronicas).<ref>{{cite news|last1=Thompson|first1=Ken|title=Don't judge a plant by appearances|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/gardening/8264847/Dont-judge-a-plant-by-appearances.html|access-date=27 July 2017|work=The Telegraph|date=20 Jan 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Hebe or Veronica|url=http://www.radionz.co.nz/national/programmes/ourchangingworld/audio/2553720/hebe-or-veronica|website=Our Changing World|date=2 May 2013 |publisher=Radio New Zealand|access-date=27 July 2017}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Garnock-Jones|first1=Philip|last2=Albach|first2=Dirk|last3=Briggs|first3=Barbara|title=Botanical names in Southern Hemisphere Veronica (Plantaginaceae): sect. Detzneria, sect. Hebe, and sect. Labiatoides|journal=Taxon|year=2007 |volume=56|issue=2 |pages=571–582|doi=10.1002/tax.562028 }}</ref>

==Species==
[[File:Hebe pinguifolia1.jpg|thumb|''[[Veronica pinguifolia]]'']]
[[File:Hebe speciosa.jpg|thumbnail|right|''[[Veronica speciosa]]'']]
About 90–100 species were formerly placed in ''Hebe'' and have been moved to ''Veronica'', including:
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* ''Hebe acutiflora'' → ''[[Veronica rivalis]]''
* ''Hebe albicans'' → ''[[Veronica albicans]]'' 
* ''Hebe amplexicaulis'' → ''[[Veronica amplexicaulis]]'' 
* ''Hebe arganthera'' → ''[[Veronica arganthera]]'' 
* ''Hebe armstrongii'' → ''[[Veronica armstrongii]]'' 
* ''Hebe barkeri'' → ''[[Veronica barkeri]]'' 
* ''Hebe bishopiana'' → ''[[Veronica bishopiana]]'' 
* ''Hebe brachysiphon'' → ''[[Veronica brachysiphon]]'' 
* ''Hebe breviracemosa'' → ''[[Veronica breviracemosa]]'' 
* ''Hebe brevifolia'' → ''[[Veronica punicea]]'' 
* ''Hebe buchananii'' → ''[[Veronica buchananii]]'' 
* ''Hebe canterburiensis'' → ''[[Veronica canterburiensis]]'' 
* ''Hebe carnosula'' → ''[[Veronica baylyi]]'' 
* ''Hebe chathamica'' → ''[[Veronica chathamica]]'' 
* ''Hebe cheesmannii'' → ''[[Veronica quadrifaria]]'' 
* ''Hebe ciliolata'' → ''[[Veronica ciliolata]]'' 
* ''Hebe colensoi'' → ''[[Veronica colensoi]]'' 
* ''Hebe cupressoides'' → ''[[Veronica cupressoides]]'' 
* ''Hebe decumbens'' → ''[[Veronica decumbens]]'' 
* ''Hebe dieffenbachii'' → ''[[Veronica dieffenbachii]]'' 
* ''Hebe diosmifolia'' → ''[[Veronica diosmifolia]]'' 
* ''Hebe elliptica'' → ''[[Veronica elliptica]]'' 
* ''Hebe epacridea'' → ''[[Veronica epacridea]]'' 
* ''Hebe gibbsii'' → ''[[Veronica gibbsii]]'' 
* ''Hebe glaucophylla'' → ''[[Veronica glaucophylla]]'' 
* ''Hebe gracillima'' → ''[[Veronica leiophylla]]''
* ''Hebe haastii'' → ''[[Veronica haastii]]''
* ''Hebe hectorii'' → ''[[Veronica hectorii]]''
* ''Hebe hulkeana'' → ''[[Veronica hulkeana]]''
* ''Hebe lavaudiana'' → ''[[Veronica lavaudiana]]''
* ''Hebe leiophylla'' → ''[[Veronica leiophylla]]''
* ''Hebe ligustrifolia'' → ''[[Veronica ligustrifolia]]''
* ''Hebe lycopodioides'' → ''[[Veronica lycopodioides]]''
* ''Hebe macrantha'' → ''[[Veronica macrantha]]''
* ''Hebe matthewsii'' → ''[[Veronica matthewsii]]''
* ''Hebe obtusata'' → ''[[Veronica obtusata]]''
* ''Hebe ochracea'' → ''[[Veronica ochracea]]''
* ''Hebe odora'' → ''[[Veronica odora]]''
* ''Hebe parviflora'' → ''[[Veronica parviflora]]''
* ''Hebe pauciramosa'' → ''[[Veronica pauciramosa]]''
* ''Hebe pauciramosa'' var. ''masoniae'' → ''[[Veronica masoniae]]''
* ''Hebe pimeleoides'' → ''[[Veronica pimeleoides]]''
* ''Hebe pinguifolia'' → ''[[Veronica pinguifolia]]''
* ''Hebe propinqua'' → ''[[Veronica propinqua]]''
* ''Hebe rakaiensis'' → ''[[Veronica rakaiensis]]''
* ''Hebe raoulii'' → ''[[Veronica raoulii]]''
*''Hebe recurva'' was an unplaced name in [[Plants of the World Online]], {{As of|2022|October|lc=yes}};<ref name="POWO_803702-1">{{citation |title=''Hebe recurva'' G.Simpson & J.S.Thomson |work=Plants of the World Online |publisher=Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew|url=https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:803702-1 |access-date=2022-10-11 }}</ref> see ''[[Veronica recurva]]''
* ''Hebe salicifolia'' → ''[[Veronica salicifolia]]''
* ''Hebe salicornioides'' → ''[[Veronica salicornioides]]''
* ''Hebe speciosa'' → ''[[Veronica speciosa]]''
* ''Hebe stricta'' → ''[[Veronica stricta]]''
* ''Hebe subalpina'' → ''[[Veronica subalpina]]''
* ''Hebe subsimilis'' → ''[[Veronica tetragona]]'' subsp. ''subsimilis''
* ''Hebe tetragona'' → ''[[Veronica tetragona]]''
* ''Hebe tetrasticha'' → ''[[Veronica tetrasticha]]''
* ''Hebe topiaria'' → ''[[Veronica topiaria]]''
* ''Hebe traversii'' → ''[[Veronica traversii]]''
* ''Hebe trisepala'' → ''[[Veronica diosmifolia]]''
* ''Hebe venustula'' → ''[[Veronica venustula]]''
* ''Hebe vernicosa'' → ''[[Veronica vernicosa]]''
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==Cultivation==
Hebes are valued in gardens in [[temperateness|temperate]] climates as [[evergreen]] shrubs with decorative (sometimes [[variegation|variegated]]) leaves. The flowers, in shades of blue, purple, pink or white, appear throughout summer and autumn.  Their ability to withstand salt-laden winds makes them especially suited to coastal areas, for instance the South West of England, where they are often grown as hedges. [[Prostrate shrub|Prostrate]] varieties can be used as [[groundcover]].<ref>{{cite book|last=Wheeler|first=Chris & Valerie|title=Gardening with hebes|year=2002|publisher=Guild of Master Craftsmen|location=United Kingdom|isbn=1861082916|pages=160}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|last=Brickell|first=Christopher|title=The RHS encyclopedia of plants & flowers|year=2010|publisher=Dorling Kindersley|location=United Kingdom|isbn=978-1405354233|pages=744}}</ref>

Hebes cope with most soil types, and can be [[plant propagation|propagated]] easily from both seed and [[cutting (plant)|cuttings]]. Wild [[Hybrid (biology)|hybrid]]s in section ''Hebe'' are uncommon; however, there are many cultivated hybrids, such as ''Veronica'' × ''franciscana''.

The [[Hebe Society]], formed in 1985 under the auspices of the British [[Royal Horticultural Society]], promotes the cultivation and conservation of hebes and other [[Flora of New Zealand|New Zealand native plants]].

===AGM cultivars===
The following [[cultivars]] have gained the Royal Horticultural Society's [[Award of Garden Merit]]:<ref>{{cite web  | url= https://www.rhs.org.uk/plants/pdfs/agm-lists/agm-ornamentals.pdf | title = AGM Plants – Ornamental | date = July 2017 | page = 43 | publisher = Royal Horticultural Society | access-date = 3 March 2018}}</ref> 
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*''V. albicans''<ref>{{cite web|title=RHS Plant Selector – ''Hebe albicans''|url=https://www.rhs.org.uk/Plants/8304/Hebe-albicans/Details |access-date=22 July 2020}}</ref> (white, 1m)
*'Blue Clouds'<ref>{{cite web|title=RHS Plant Selector – ''Hebe'' 'Blue Clouds'|url=https://www.rhs.org.uk/Plants/98902/Hebe-Blue-Clouds/Details | access-date = 5 July 2020}}</ref> (pale blue, 1m)
*’Caledonia’<ref>{{cite web | url = https://www.rhs.org.uk/Plants/33796/Hebe-Caledonia/Details
| title = RHS Plantfinder – ''Hebe'' 'Caledonia' | access-date = 22 July 2020}}</ref> (violet, 1m)
*'Emerald Gem'<ref>{{cite web|title=RHS Plant Selector – ''Hebe'' 'Emerald Gem'|url=https://www.rhs.org.uk/Plants/68473/Hebe-Emerald-Gem/Details | access-date = 5 July 2020}}</ref> (white, 0.3m)
*'[[Great Orme]]'<ref>{{cite web|title=RHS Plant Selector – ''Hebe'' 'Great Orme'|url=https://www.rhs.org.uk/Plants/98956/Hebe-Great-Orme/Details| access-date = 5 July 2020}}</ref> (pink/white, 1.2m)
*''V. macrantha'' <ref>{{cite web | url = https://www.rhs.org.uk/Plants/8343/Hebe-macrantha/Details | title = ''Hebe macrantha'' | publisher = RHS | access-date = 27 July 2020}}</ref> 
*'Margret' <ref>{{cite web | url = https://www.rhs.org.uk/Plants/50924/Hebe-Margret/Details| title = ''Hebe'' 'Margret' | publisher = RHS | access-date = 22 July 2020}}</ref> (light blue, 0.5m)
*'Midsummer Beauty'<ref>{{cite web|title=RHS Plant Selector – ''Hebe'' 'Midsummer Beauty'|url=https://www.rhs.org.uk/Plants/99747/Hebe-Midsummer-Beauty/Details | access-date = 5 July 2020}}</ref> (lilac/white, 2.5m)
*'Mrs Winder'<ref>{{cite web|title=RHS Plant Selector – ''Hebe'' 'Mrs Winder'|url=https://www.rhs.org.uk/Plants/64296/Hebe-Mrs-Winder/Details | access-date = 5 July 2020}}</ref> (violet-blue, 1m)
*'Neil's Choice'<ref>{{cite web|title=RHS Plant Selector – ''Hebe'' 'Neil's Choice'|url=https://www.rhs.org.uk/Plants/56096/Hebe-Neil-s-Choice/Details | access-date = 5 July 2020}}</ref> (violet, 1.2m)
*'Nicola's Blush'<ref>{{cite web|title=RHS Plant Selector – ''Hebe'' 'Nicola's Blush'|url=https://www.rhs.org.uk/Plants/89028/Hebe-Nicola-s-Blush/Details | access-date = 5 July 2020}}</ref> (pink/white, 1m)
*''H. ochracea'' 'James Stirling'<ref>{{cite web|title=RHS Plant Selector – ''Hebe ochracea'' 'James Stirling'|url= https://www.rhs.org.uk/Plants/99320/Hebe-ochracea-James-Stirling/Details | access-date = 5 July 2020}}</ref> (white, 0.5m)
*'[[Oratia]] Beauty'<ref>{{cite web|title=RHS Plant Selector – ''Hebe'' 'Oratia Beauty'|url=https://www.rhs.org.uk/Plants/68587/Hebe-Oratia-Beauty/Details | access-date = 5 July 2020}}</ref> (pink/white, 0.75m)
*'Pascal'<ref>{{cite web|title=RHS Plant Selector – ''Hebe'' 'Pascal'|url=https://www.rhs.org.uk/Plants/150064/Hebe-Pascal/Details | access-date = 5 July 2020}}</ref> (violet-blue, 0.5m)
*'Pewter Dome'<ref>{{cite web|title=RHS Plant Selector – ''Hebe'' 'Pewter Dome'|url=https://www.rhs.org.uk/Plants/94166/Hebe-Pewter-Dome/Details | access-date = 5 July 2020}}</ref> (white, 05m)
*''V. pimeloides'' 'Quicksilver'<ref>{{cite web|title=RHS Plant Selector – ''Hebe pimeloides'' 'Quicksilver'|url= https://www.rhs.org.uk/Plants/93654/Hebe-pimeleoides-Quicksilver/Details | access-date = 5 July 2020}}</ref> (pale violet, 0.5m)
*''V. pinguifolia'' 'Pagei'<ref>{{cite web|title=RHS Plant Selector – ''Hebe pinguifolia'' 'Pagei'|url=https://www.rhs.org.uk/Plants/98167/Hebe-pinguifolia-Pagei/Details | access-date = 5 July 2020}}</ref> (white, 0.3m)
*'Pink Elephant' <ref>{{cite web | url = https://www.rhs.org.uk/Plants/138697/Hebe-Pink-Elephant-(v)/Details | title = ''Hebe'' 'Pink Eplephant' | publisher = RHS | access-date = 22 July 2020}}</ref> (white, 0.5m)
*''V. rakaiensis''<ref>{{cite web|title=RHS Plant Selector – ''Hebe rakaiensis''|url=https://www.rhs.org.uk/Plants/8357/Hebe-rakaiensis/Details | access-date = 5 July 2020}}</ref> (white, 1m)
*''V. recurva'' 'Boughton Silver'<ref>{{cite web|title=RHS Plant Selector – ''Hebe recurva'' 'Boughton Silver'|url= https://www.rhs.org.uk/Plants/71387/Hebe-recurva-Boughton-Silver/Details | access-date = 5 July 2020}}</ref> (white, 1m)
*'Red Edge'<ref>{{cite web|title=RHS Plant Selector – ''Hebe'' 'Red Edge'|url=https://www.rhs.org.uk/Plants/98085/Hebe-Red-Edge/Details | access-date = 5 July 2020}}</ref> (mauve/white, 0.5m)
*'Sapphire'<ref>{{cite web|title=RHS Plant Selector – ''Hebe'' 'Sapphire'|url=https://www.rhs.org.uk/Plants/33840/Hebe-Sapphire/Details | access-date = 5 July 2020}}</ref> (mauve, 1.5m)
*'Silver Queen'<ref>{{cite web|title=RHS Plant Selector – ''Hebe'' 'Silver Queen'|url=https://www.rhs.org.uk/Plants/215182/Hebe-Silver-Queen-(v)/Details | access-date = 5 July 2020}}</ref> (mauve, 1m)
*''V. topiaria''<ref>{{cite web|title=RHS Plant Selector – ''Hebe topiaria''|url=https://www.rhs.org.uk/Plants/70274/Hebe-topiaria/Details | access-date = 5 July 2020}}</ref> (white, 0.5m)
*''V. vernicosa''<ref>{{cite web|title=RHS Plant Selector – ''Hebe vernicosa''|url=https://www.rhs.org.uk/Plants/8371/Hebe-vernicosa/Details | access-date = 5 July 2020}}</ref> (white, 0.5m)
*’Wingletye’<ref>{{cite web | url = https://www.rhs.org.uk/Plants/92061/i-Hebe-i-Wingletye/Details
| title = RHS Plantfinder – ''Hebe'' 'Wingletye' | access-date = 2 March 2018}}</ref> (mauve, 0.5m)
*'[[Wiri]] Dawn'<ref>{{cite web|title=RHS Plant Selector – ''Hebe'' 'Wiri Dawn'|url=https://www.rhs.org.uk/Plants/103596/Hebe-Wiri-Dawn/Details | access-date = 5 July 2020}}</ref> (pale pink, 0.5m)
*'Youngii'<ref>{{cite web|title=RHS Plant Selector – ''Hebe'' 'Youngii'|url=https://www.rhs.org.uk/Plants/90829/Hebe-Youngii/Details | access-date = 5 July 2020}}</ref> (violet/white, 0.2m)
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==Gallery==
<gallery>
Image:Hebe.speciosa.web.jpg|''Veronica speciosa''
Image:Hebe pinguifolia3.jpg|''Veronica pinguifolia''
Image:Hebe buchananii1.jpg|''Veronica buchananii''
</gallery>
<gallery>
Image:Hebe decumbens0.jpg|''Veronica decumbens''
Image:Hebe x franciscana.jpg|Flowers of ''Veronica × franciscana''
Image:Hebe x franciscana02.jpg|Flowers of ''Veronica × franciscana''
Image:Hebe January 2008-1.jpg|''Veronica x franciscana'' (Blue Gem)
</gallery>
<gallery>
Image:Hebe albicans.jpg|''Veronica albicans''
Image:Hebe rakaiensis.jpg|''Veronica rakaiensis''
File:Koromiko flower (Hebe stricta).jpg|''Veronica stricta''
</gallery>

==References==
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==External links==
* {{Commons category-inline}} 
*{{Cite book | first=Audrey | last=Eagle | title=Eagle's Trees and Shrubs of New Zealand: Second Series | publisher=Collins | location=Auckland | year=1982 | isbn=0-00-216532-5}}
*{{Cite book | first=Lawrie | last=Metcalf | title=Hebes: A Guide to Species, Hybrids & Allied Genera | publisher=Timber Press | location=Portland, Oregon | year=2006 | isbn=0-88192-773-2 | url-access=registration | url=https://archive.org/details/hebesguidetospec00metc }}
*{{Cite book | first=Michael | last=Bayly |author2=Alison Kellow |title=An Illustrated Guide to New Zealand Hebes | publisher=Te Papa Press | location=Wellington | year=2006 | isbn=978-0-909010-12-6}}
*[http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/genus.pl?5436 Germplasm Resources Information Network: ''Hebe'']
*[http://www.hebesoc.org/ The Hebe Society]
*{{Cite journal | last =  Garnock-Jones  | first = Phil  |author2=Albach, Dirk |author3=Briggs, Barbara G.  | title =  Botanical names in Southern Hemisphere ''Veronica'' (Plantaginaceae): sect. ''Detzneria'', sect. ''Hebe'', and sect. ''Labiatoides''  | journal = Taxon  | volume = 56  | issue = 2 | pages = 571–582  | year = 2007| doi = 10.1002/tax.562028 }}

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