Veronica Ochracea
''Veronica ochracea'', synonym ''Hebe ochracea'', is an ornamental plant of the family (biology), family Plantaginaceae, which is endemic (ecology), endemic to the south island of New Zealand. Hardy to USDA climate zones 7–8 at least, protect aerial plant parts from severe frosts like any other hebe. ''Veronica ochracea'' is also cultivated on the Galapagos Islands. References

Veronica sect. Hebe, ochracea Flora of New Zealand Garden plants {{NewZealand-plant-stub ...
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Margot Forde
Margot Bernice Forde (née Ashwin; 1 June 1935 – 23 June 1992) was a New Zealand botanist, curator, and taxonomist. Biography Forde was educated at Wellington Girls' College, and graduated from Victoria University of Wellington, Victoria University College where she studied natural history and botany. She was married to fellow New Zealand botanist Bernard Forde, and they both received their PhD degrees from the Botany Department of the University of California, Davis in the early 1960s. Margot Forde researched the plant taxonomies of Inner Mongolia, Xinjiang (China), and the Caucasus. She was a leading scientist in the field of seed conservation in grazing plants. She and her husband both did scientific work regarding climate change, with Margot building a scientific record with hundreds of samples of grasses from across New Zealand that provided evidence of climate change impacts, while Bernard worked to create New Zealand's climate laboratory in the early 1990s, attending an ...
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