Veronica ciliolata (Hook.f.) Cheeseman subsp. ciliolata

Based on: P.J. Garnock-Jones (2023)

Veronica ciliolata subsp. ciliolata. Habit. Sealy Range, Mt Cook National Park, Canterbury. Image: P.J. Garnock-Jones © Te Papa CC-BY-NC 3.0 NZ

Classification

Class

Magnoliopsida Brongn.

Order

Lamiales Bromhead

Family

Plantaginaceae Juss.

Genus

Veronica L.

Nomenclature

Scientific Name:

Veronica ciliolata (Hook.f.) Cheeseman, Man. New Zealand Fl. 540 (1906) subsp. ciliolata

Synonymy:

≡ Pygmea ciliolata Hook.f., Handb. New Zealand Fl. 217 (1864) var. ciliolata
≡ Chionohebe ciliolata (Hook.f.) B.G.Briggs & Ehrend., Contr. Herb. Austral. 25: 2 (1976) subsp. ciliolata
≡ Veronica ciliolata (Hook.f.) Cheeseman, Man. New Zealand Fl. 540 (1906) var. ciliolata

Description

Leaves 1.3–2.1 (sometimes to 2.6) × as long as broad; margins sparsely to densely ciliate, especially on the upper portion, becoming glabrous below or sometimes regularly ciliate the whole length. Bracts ciliate in upper half only. Calyx lobes glabrous on surfaces or with isolated or scattered hairs in upper half only; margins ciliate in upper half only. Ovary and capsules glabrous.

Distribution

South Island: Westland, Canterbury, Fiordland, along and west of the main divide.

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

Habitat

Sub-alpine to alpine herb-field, cushion herb-field, fell-field, and tussock grassland, open stony ground, among rocks and boulders, on rock outcrops and in crevices, often on exposed ridges. Recorded elevations range from 915 to 2385 m.

Biostatus

Indigenous (Endemic)

Hybridisation

V. ciliolata subsp. ciliolata × pulvinaris. Some specimens from Aoraki / Mt Cook National Park appear intermediate between V. ciliolata subsp. ciliolata and V. pulvinaris and might be hybrids.

Phenology

Flowers: October–March (mostly December–January); fruits: November–May.

Cytology

2n = 42 (Hair 1970).

Images

Veronica ciliolata subsp. ciliolata. Leaf surfaces, adaxial (left) and abaxial (right). Scale = 1 mm. Image: P.J. Garnock-Jones © Te Papa CC-BY-NC 3.0 NZ

Bibliography

Briggs, B.G.; Ehrendorfer, F. 1976: Chionohebe, a new name for Pygmea Hook. f. (Scrophulariaceae). Contributions from Herbarium Australiense 25: 1–4.

Cheeseman, T.F. 1906: Manual of the New Zealand Flora. Government Printer, Wellington.

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]

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. [as Chionohebe ciliolata (Hook.f.) B.G.Briggs & Ehrend. var. ciliolata; Veronica ciliolata (Hook.f.) Cheeseman var. ciliolata]

Hair, J.B. 1970: Contributions to a chromosome atlas of the New Zealand flora — 13. Parahebe and Pygmea (Scrophulariaceae). New Zealand Journal of Botany 8: 255–259.

Heads, M.J. 1994: Biogeography and evolution in the Hebe complex (Scrophulariaceae): Leonohebe and Chionohebe. Candollea 49: 81–119. [as Chionohebe ciliolata (Hook.f.) B.G.Briggs & Ehrend. var. ciliolata]

Hooker, J.D. 1864: Handbook of the New Zealand Flora: a systematic description of the native plants of New Zealand and the Chatham, Kermadec's, Lord Auckland's, Campbell's and Macquarie's Islands. Part I. Reeve, London.

Meudt, H.M. 2008: Taxonomic revision of Australasian snow hebes (Veronica, Plantaginaceae). Australian Systematic Botany 21: 387–421.