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Classification
Nomenclature
Scientific Name:
Veronica pimeleoides subsp. faucicola (Kellow & Bayly) Garn.-Jones in Garnock-Jones et al., Taxon 56: 578 (2007)
Synonymy:
- ≡ Hebe pimeleoides subsp. faucicola Kellow & Bayly in Kellow et al., New Zealand J. Bot. 41: 242 (2003)
Holotype: Otago, Clyde Dam lookout point, c. 300m NE of dam wall, M. J. Bayly 1492 & A. V. Kellow, 21 Jan 2001, WELT 82445
Etymology:
Description
Small, bushy shrub to 0.9 m tall. Stems ascending to erect. Leaves lanceolate to elliptic or sub-orbicular, 7.5–15.5 mm long, 1.8–8.7 mm wide. Surfaces of leaves, bracts and calyx glabrous. Flowers 4–24 per inflorescence; corolla pale purplish, fading pink or white.
Recognition
V. pimeleoides subsp. faucicola plants are often larger than plants of subsp. pimeleoides and have larger leaves and flowers (8–10 mm diameter), with paler corollas.
Distribution
South Island: Otago (Manuherikia, Clutha, and Kawarau Valleys).
Habitat
Rock outcrops and cliff faces on steep hillsides and in gorges. Recorded elevations range from 200 to 700 m.
Biostatus
Indigenous (Endemic)
Phenology
Flowers: December–March; fruits: January–May, persisting until October.
Cytology
2n = 40, 80 (see Bayly & Kellow 2006, as Hebe pimeleoides subsp. faucicola).
Notes
Variation patterns in both morphological and chemical characters were described, discussed, and related to infraspecific taxonomy by Kellow et al. (2003).
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Bibliography
Bayly, M.J.; Kellow, A.V. 2006: An Illustrated Guide to New Zealand Hebes. Te Papa Press, Wellington.
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 Hebe pimeleoides subsp. faucicola Kellow & Bayly] [Naturally uncommon]
de Lange, P.J.; Norton, D.A.; Heenan, P.B.; Courtney, S.P.; Molloy, B.P.J.; Ogle, C.C.; Rance, B.D. 2004: Threatened and uncommon plants of New Zealand. New Zealand Journal of Botany 42(1): 45–76. [as Hebe pimeleoides subsp. faucicola Kellow & Bayly]
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 Hebe pimeleoides subsp. faucicola Kellow & Bayly] [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.
Kellow, A.V.; Bayly, M.J.; Mitchell, K.A.; Garnock-Jones, P.J. 2003: Variation in morphology and flavonoid chemistry in Hebe pimeleoides (Scrophulariaceae), including a revised subspecific classification. New Zealand Journal of Botany 41(2): 233–253.
