


Veronica rigidula Cheeseman

Details
Veronica rigidula Cheeseman, Man. New Zealand Fl. 514 (1906)
Veronica rigidula Cheeseman
Nomenclature
Cheeseman
Cheeseman
1906
514
ICN
Veronica rigidula Cheeseman
species
Veronica rigidula
Classification
Descriptions
Erect much-branched shrub 15-30-(60) cm. tall. Branchlets slender, internodes little longer than wide, swollen and glab. below each lf, hairy-pubescent between swellings. Lvs erecto-patent, 12-18-(24) × 4-7 mm., elliptic-oblong, coriac., green above, dull or glaucous beneath; lf-bud with long narrow sinus; lamina glab., acute to subacute, entire, margins thickened. Infls lateral, us. with 2 or more branches of first order, not much > lvs; peduncle < lvs, hairy-pubescent. Fls almost sessile, ± opp. in axils of broad ciliolate bracts c. 2∙5mm. long. Calyx-lobes c. 1∙5 mm. long, broad-ovate, ciliolate. Corolla white, tube c. 2 × calyx, lobes almost as long, rounded. Capsule erect, ovoid-oblong, ± rounded, glab., < 2 × calyx.
Taxonomic concepts
Hebe rigidula (Cheeseman) Cockayne & Allan
Hebe rigidula (Cheeseman) Cockayne & Allan
Hebe rigidula (Cheeseman) Cockayne & Allan
Veronica rigidula Cheeseman
Hebe rigidula (Cheeseman) Cockayne & Allan
Veronica rigidula Cheeseman
Veronica rigidula Cheeseman
Veronica rigidula Cheeseman
Veronica rigidula Cheeseman
Veronica rigidula Cheeseman
Veronica rigidula Cheeseman
Veronica rigidula Cheeseman
Veronica rigidula Cheeseman
Veronica rigidula Cheeseman
Collections
Notes
typification
Lectotype (designated by Moore, in Allan 1961): Pelorus River, Marlborough, J. H. McMahon, AK 7919
Etymology
In the protologue Cheeseman referred to the leaves as being rigid. Stearn (2004) translates rigidulus as “somewhat rigid”, and Bayly and Kellow (2006) relate this to the leaves.
Metadata
d9b79714-1338-4211-9b57-c8833aab5bf8
scientific name
Names_Plants
3 August 2005
6 January 2023