Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Tracheophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Family: Plantaginaceae
Genus: Hebe
Species: Hebe raoulii
Binomial name: Veronica raoulii
Synonyms: Veronica raoulii, Veronica raoulii subsp. Raoulii, Parahebe raoulii, Heliohebe raoulii, Heliohebe raoulii subsp. raoulii
Hebe raoulii is a bushy or decumbent straggling small, much branched, evergreen shrub reaching about 30cm in height. The small, green, spoon-shaped leaves are 2–3 cm long. The edges are red-edge and serrated with >8 teeth on each side. In late spring it develops racemes with lilac-pink to white flowers at the top of the branches.
This hebe is growing in rocky, open sites >1000m elevation in the drier mountains of Marlborough and Canterbury, South Island, New Zealand.
Photographed at Orari Wilton Native Gardens
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The top surface of the leaves.
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The underside of the leaves.
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