Classification
Class
Magnoliopsida Brongn.
Order
Lamiales Bromhead
Family
Calceolariaceae
Genus
Jovellana L.
 Nomenclature
Scientific Name:
Jovellana repens (Hook.f.) Kraenzl.
 Description

Slender slightly woody ± glandular-pubescent plant, creeping, rooting at nodes, much-branched; stems up to c. 2 dm. long, branches prostrate or ascending at tips, almost filiform, clad in patent hairs. Lvs very thin, ± pubescent; lamina (1)–2–(4) cm. long, broad-oblong to ovate to orbicular, coarsely and irregularly doubly crenate-dentate. Petiole slender, c. 5–12 mm. long, clad in patent hairs. Infl. of 1–2–(5)-fld terminal and occ. axillary panicles (us. 2–3 together); pedicels subfiliform, nude or bracted. Fls c. 6 mm. diam.; calyx-lobes 1–2 mm. long, ovate, acute or subacute. Corolla c. 5–6 mm. diam., cut c. halfway into 2 nearly equal deeply concave lips, white, purple-spotted. Capsule ovoid to obovoid, 6–7 mm. long.

[From: Allan (1961) Flora of New Zealand. Volume 1.]

 Biostatus
Indigenous (Endemic)
 Phenology

Fruiting: Oct.–Feb.

 Bibliography
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. [Not Threatened]
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. [Not Threatened]