following Garnock-Jones et al 2007. Taxon 56: 571-582
Other identifications
Identification
Determined name:
Hebe "swamp"
Determiner:
PJ de Lange
Identification date:
2010-09-03 (Verbatim: 03 Sep 2010)
Preferred name:
Veronica L.
Active:
no
Identification type:
Determination
Collection events
Primary collection event
Collection event type:
Field
Standard locality
Location:
North Island, Kaihu Valley, Rotu Stream, Rotu Bush
Georeferences:
Latitude and Longitude (WGS84):
-35.8781 173.796
Verbatim locality:
North Island, Kaihu Valley, Rotu Stream, Rotu Bush
Verbatim collector:
PJ de Lange 9252, AJ Townsend, M Calder
Standardised collector:
Peter J. de Lange; A. J. Townsend; M. Calder
Verbatim date:
03 Sep 2010
Start date:
2010-09-03
Land District:
North Auckland Land District
Ecological Region:
Kaipara
Ecological District:
Kaipara
Country:
New Zealand
Native lands:
Ngāti Whātua
Te Roroa
Georeferences:
New Zealand Map Series 260:
P07 825 912 (WGS84 -35.878101 173.795961)
Latitude and Longitude (WGS84):
35°52´47“ S 173°47´46“ E (WGS84 -35.879722 173.796111)
Altitudes:
from 4m
Notes:
One flowering and fruiting adult and one sapling growing on the root plate of kowhai tree on the margin of a small ephmeral flood pool in a kahikatea- kowhai - cabbage tree alluvial forest remnant. Adult spindly 2.2m tall; leaves adaxially dark green suffused maroon, abaxially paler and less obviously tinged maroon; lamina margin finely dentate (denticles yellow); Leaf bud maroon tinged, without sinus; inflorescences erect; racemes not white; capsules rather large. Plant close to Hebe aff. bishopiana (H. "swamp") of Hikurangi Swamp area but need to be further critically investigated.