Veronica pimeleoides
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Hebe pimeleoides (Hook. f.) Cockayne & Allan
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Hebe pimeleoides is a plant of the family Plantaginaceae, which is endemic to the dry mountains of Marlborough and Canterbury, in South Island of New Zealand. It is low-growing, evergreen shrub, reaching 60 cm in height, with gray-green, spear-shaped leaves that are 7-10 mm long. Flowers are pale lilac.
Synonyms
- Hebe glaucicaerulea (J. B. Armstr.) Cockayne
- Veronica glaucicaerulea J. B. Armstr.
- Veronica pimeleoides Hook. f. (basionym)
References
- GBIF entry
- Hebe Society entry
- USDA Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN) entry
- Trans. & Proc. New Zealand Inst. 57:38. 1926.
- Allan, H. H. B. et al. 1961–. Flora of New Zealand.
- Encke, F. et al. 1984. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 13. Auflage.
- Kellow, A. V. et al. 2003. "Variation in morphology and flavonoid chemistry in Hebe pimeleoides (Scrophulariaceae), including a revised subspecific classification", New Zealand J. Bot. 41:233–253.
- Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium. 1976. Hortus third.