Classification
Class
Magnoliopsida Brongn.
Order
Lamiales Bromhead
Family
Plantaginaceae Juss.
Genus
Veronica L.
 Nomenclature
Scientific Name:
Veronica cheesemanii subsp. flabellata (Garn.-Jones) Garn.-Jones in Garnock-Jones et al., Taxon 56: 576 (2007)
Synonymy:
  • ≡ Parahebe cheesemanii subsp. flabellata Garn.-Jones in Garnock-Jones & Lloyd, New Zealand J. Bot. 42: 197 (2004)
Holotype: Head of Otira River, Wall, Feb 1927, CHR 289703
Etymology:
The epithet flabellata refers to the flabellate lamina, in contrast to the narrower and pinnatifid lamina of subsp. cheesemanii.
 Description

Lamina elliptic or orbicular; margin crenate or lobed; leaf hairs unicellular; petiole hairs 0.3–0.5 mm long. Calyx lobe margins shallowly lobed.

 Recognition

The shallowly lobed or crenate lamina and calyx lobes, and the much shorter leaf hairs, distinguish this subspecies from subsp. cheesemanii.

 Distribution

South Island: Canterbury and Westland (Arthur’s Pass National Park: Kelly Range, Upper Otira Valley, Upper Bealey Valley, Rough Creek).

Veronica cheesemanii subsp. flabellata distribution map based on databased records at AK, CHR & WELT. Image: K.Boardman © Landcare Research 2022 CC-BY 4.0
Veronica cheesemanii subsp. flabellata distribution map based on databased records at AK, CHR & WELT. Image: K.Boardman © Landcare Research 2022 CC-BY 4.0
 Habitat

Alpine stable rock fields and fell-fields, occasionally more mobile screes, in fine gravel or small stones overlying silty soil, rarely on rock. Recorded elevations range from 1150 to 1676 m.

 Biostatus
Indigenous (Endemic)
 Phenology

Flowers: February–March (and probably earlier); fruits: February (probably earlier and later).

 Cytology

Not known.

 Images
Veronica cheesemanii subsp. flabellata. Cushion and flower. Cultivated plant originally from near Arthur’s Pass. Image: P.J. Garnock-Jones © P.J. Garnock-Jones CC-BY-NC 3.0 NZ
Veronica cheesemanii subsp. flabellata. Cushion and flower. Cultivated plant originally from near Arthur’s Pass. Image: P.J. Garnock-Jones © P.J. Garnock-Jones CC-BY-NC 3.0 NZ
 Bibliography
de Lange, P.J.; Norton, D.A.; Courtney, S.P.; Heenan, P.B.; Barkla, J.W.; Cameron, E.K.; Hitchmough, R.; Townsend, A.J. 2009: Threatened and uncommon plants of New Zealand (2008 revision). New Zealand Journal of Botany 47: 61–96. [as Parahebe cheesemanii subsp. flabellata Garn.-Jones] [Naturally uncommon]
de Lange, P.J.; Rolfe, J.R.; Barkla J.W.; Courtney, S.P.; Champion, P.D.; Perrie, L.R.; Beadel, S.N.; Ford, K.A.; Breitwieser, I.; Schönberger, I.; Hindmarsh-Walls, R.; Heenan, P.B.; Ladley, K. 2018: Conservation status of New Zealand indigenous vascular plants, 2017. New Zealand Threat Classification Series. No. 22. [Naturally Uncommon]
de Lange, P.J.; Rolfe, J.R.; Champion, P.D.; Courtney, S.P.; Heenan, P.B.; Barkla, J.W.; Cameron, E.K.; Norton, D.A.; Hitchmough, R.A. 2013: Conservation status of New Zealand indigenous vascular plants, 2012. New Zealand Threat Classification Series 3. Department of Conservation, Wellington. [as Parahebe cheesemanii subsp. flabellata Garn.-Jones] [Naturally Uncommon]
Garnock-Jones, P.J. 2023: Veronica. In: Breitwieser, I. (ed.) Flora of New Zealand – Seed Plants. Fascicle 9. Manaaki Whenua Press, Lincoln.
Garnock-Jones, P.J.; Albach, D.; Briggs, B.G. 2007: Botanical names in Southern Hemisphere Veronica (Plantaginaceae): sect. Detzneria, sect. Hebe, and sect. Labiatoides. Taxon 56: 571–582.
Garnock-Jones, P.J.; Lloyd, D.G. 2004: A taxonomic revision of Parahebe (Plantaginaceae) in New Zealand. New Zealand Journal of Botany 42: 181–232.