Kingdom: Plantae
(Unranked): Angiosperms
(Unranked): Eudicots
(Unranked): Asterids
Order: Lamiales
Family: Plantaginaceae
Genus: Hebe
Species: H. dieffenbachii
Binomial name: Hebe dieffenbachii
Common name: Dieffenbach's Koromiko
Hebe dieffenbachii is a hardy Hebe and is a native of the Chatham Islands, New Zealand where it grows on limestone cliffs and rocks. It forms a stout, wide spreading evergreen bush up to 3m high. The leaves are pale green and are 50–70 mm long. It often forms a candelabra shaped bush. It has white to mauve flowers in summer.
Photographed at Otari Native Botanic Garden and Wilton's Bush Reserve. Wellington.
