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Plantaginaceae
Koromiko Flower
Veronica salicifolia
Healing and restoration.
- Family
- Plantaginaceae
- Genus
- Veronica
- Native to
- New Zealand
- Bloom season
- Summer
- Type
- shrub
- Height
- 3-6 ft
- Sunlight
- full sun to partial shade
- Soil
- well-drained, average
- Water
- moderate
- Hardiness
- 8-10
- Lifespan
- perennial
Did you know
- Koromiko is one of the most important medicinal plants in traditional Maori medicine, used to treat dysentery and other ailments.
- The leaves were brewed into tea by early European settlers in New Zealand as a remedy for stomach complaints.
- It is one of the most widely distributed native plants in New Zealand, found from sea level to subalpine zones.
- Koromiko was previously classified in the genus Hebe, which was recently merged back into Veronica after DNA studies.
- Captain James Cook's crew used koromiko leaves as a tea substitute, finding it both palatable and medicinally beneficial.
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