Wagstaff, S.J.; Wardle, P. 1999: Whipcord Hebes - systematics, distribution, ecology and evolution. New Zealand Journal of Botany 37(1): 17–39.

Capsule laterally compressed, anterior and posterior calyx lobes fused, flowers violet, shrub to 2 m, branchlets c. 1 mm diameter, produced from most nodes

H. cupressoides

Capsule dorsally compressed, posterior calyx lobes nearly free, flowers mostly white, shrub to 1 m, branchlets >1.5 mm diameter, not produced from many or most nodes

Anterior lobes at least 2/3 fused, nodes obscure

Anterior lobes nearly free, nodes evident if exposed

Branchlet diameter c. 2 .5 mm, scale leaves with prominent ochreous keel

H. ochracea

Branchlet diameter c. 2 mm, scale leaves with no evident keel

Internodes c. 3 mm long, scale leaves <1 mm long, reduced to distant connate rings

H. salicornioides

Internodes c. 1.5 mm long, scales leaves c. 1.2 mm long, forming overlapping cups

Scale leaves often slightly mucronate

H. armstrongii

Scale leaf tips rounded to subacute

H. annulata

Branchlet diameter c. 2 mm, scale leaf with only a weak midrib

H. propinqua

Branchlet diameter >2.3 mm, scale leaf veins several, strong

Scale leaf veins linked distally

Scale leaf veins free distally

Scale leaf tips mucronate

H. lycopodioides

Scale leaf tips rounded to subacute

H. imbricata

Scale leaves narrow distally from 1 mm below tip, prominently keeled

H. tetragona

Scale leaf tips rounded, acute or mucronate, keel usually obscure

H. hectorii

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Keys to subspecies of Hebe lycopodioides, H. imbricata, and H. hectorii - Hebe lycopodioides

Branchlets slender or stout, mucro >0.2 mm

subsp. lycopodioides

Branchlet diameter <2.5 mm, mucro <0.2 mm

subsp. patula

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Keys to subspecies of Hebe lycopodioides, H. imbricata, and H. hectorii - Hebe imbricata

Branchlets >3 mm diameter, weakly tetragonous

subsp. imbricata

Branchlets <3 mm diameter, strongly tetragonous

subsp. poppelwellii

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Keys to subspecies of Hebe lycopodioides, H. imbricata, and H. hectorii - Hebe hectorii

Scale leaf tips rounded to subacute; mucro to 0.1 mm or absent

Mucro of scale leaves >0.1 mm

Branchlet diameter 3-5 mm

subsp. hectorii

Branchlet diameter < 3 mm

Scale leaf tips subacute, thickened

subsp. subsimilis

Scale leaf tips not thickened

Branchlets closely spaced, up to 16 on each annual shoot increment, plant often prostrate

subsp. coarctata

Branchlets sparse, often < 5 on each annual shhot increment, plant more erect

subsp. laingii

Mucro of scale leaves c. 0.2 mm

subsp. demissa

Mucro of scale leaves 0.3—0.5 mm

subsp. subulata

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Cited scientific names

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Date last updated

23 August 2005

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