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Hebe topiaria L.B.Moore

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L.B.Moore
L.B.Moore
1961
917
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Hebe topiaria L.B.Moore
species
Hebe topiaria
The epithet topiaria is derived from Latin topiarius, ornamental gardening, and refers to the neat habit of the plants, as if clipped. Topiary is the practice of trimming shrubs into shapes.
Holotype: Mt Arthur Tableland, Nelson, common at Cundy’s Creek, etc., F. G. Gibbs (no. 576 to T. F. Cheeseman), July 1910 to T. F. C., CHR 76137. Isotype: AK 8051

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topiaria

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Hebe topiaria L.B.Moore

Trim low-growing much-branched shrub. Branchlets bifariously rather coarsely pubescent, length of internodes 1-2 × diam. Lvs erecto-patent, almost imbricate and hiding upper part of stem, c. 12 × 6 mm., broad-elliptic to almost obovate, glaucous and slightly fleshy, drying dark brown with grey bloom; lf-bud without sinus; tip subacute, lamina narrowed gradually to rather broad base, entire, glab. except for scattered short hairs above midrib. Infls lateral, simple, little exceeding lfy tip of branch; peduncle short and hidden, shortly hairy. Bracts 1-1·5 mm. long, ciliolate, us. c. = pedicels. Calyx-lobes 1·5-2 mm. long, rather broad, obtuse to subacute, membr. border very narrow, ciliolate. Corolla white, tube broad, > calyx, lobes c. = tube, rounded. Capsule erect, subacute, glab., c. 2 × calyx.

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Hebe topiaria L.B.Moore
Hebe topiaria L.B.Moore
Hebe topiaria L.B.Moore
Hebe topiaria L.B.Moore
Hebe topiaria L.B.Moore
Hebe topiaria L.B.Moore
Hebe topiaria L.B.Moore
Hebe topiaria L.B.Moore
Hebe topiaria L.B.Moore
Hebe topiaria L.B.Moore

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Hebe topiaria L.B.Moore
New Zealand
Nelson Land District

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typification
Holotype: Mt Arthur Tableland, Nelson, common at Cundy’s Creek, etc., F. G. Gibbs (no. 576 to T. F. Cheeseman), July 1910 to T. F. C., CHR 76137. Isotype: AK 8051
Etymology
The epithet topiaria is derived from Latin topiarius, ornamental gardening, and refers to the neat habit of the plants, as if clipped. Topiary is the practice of trimming shrubs into shapes.

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375854de-f8bb-4bd8-9602-9d3d05f77470
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Names_Plants
1 January 2000
7 January 2023
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