Veronica (Hebe) amplexicaulis f. hirta, syn. Veronica (Hebe) allanii is endemic to the South Island. This naturally uncommon plant is confined to Mount Peel in South Canterbury in low montane to subalpine (mostly subalpine) in tussock grassland and on steep-sided rock outcrops, where it grows in joints and crevices, gorges and more rarely boulder falls, usually at 300 - 1200m asl. A small to medium-sized low growing shrub, branching from the base, is seldom more than 30cm tall with spreading branches, that are glaucous and uniformly pubescent (hairy). Leaves are also hairy. White flowers from late spring to early summer. Prefers a sunny site and should be planted in a free draining soil, and dislikes humidity. Similar to Veronica (Hebe) pareora from which it is distinguished by its usually shorter stems, smaller leaves, pubescent peduncles, and usually non-pedicellate flowers (some plants in the upper Rangitata area have inflorescences whose basal flowers are pedicellate). V. amplexicaulis f. amplexicaulis differs from f. hirta by its glabrous leaves and mostly glabrous branchlets.