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Narrow-leaved Hebe - Veronica salicifolia

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Narrow-leaved Hebe Narrow-leaved Hebe - Veronica salicifolia dylan Badock's Wood 29 Apr 2022, 8:52 p.m. 27 Apr 2022, 5:42 p.m.
Narrow-leaved Hebe Narrow-leaved Hebe - Veronica salicifolia dylan Badock's Wood 29 Apr 2022, 8:52 p.m. 28 Apr 2022, 12:27 p.m.
Narrow-leaved Hebe Narrow-leaved Hebe - Veronica salicifolia dylan Badock's Wood 29 Apr 2022, 8:52 p.m. 28 Apr 2022, 12:28 p.m.
Narrow-leaved Hebe Narrow-leaved Hebe - Veronica salicifolia dylan Badock's Wood 29 Apr 2022, 8:52 p.m. 28 Apr 2022, 12:29 p.m.
Narrow-leaved Hebe Narrow-leaved Hebe - Veronica salicifolia dylan Badock's Wood 29 Apr 2022, 8:52 p.m. 28 Apr 2022, 12:30 p.m.
Narrow-leaved Hebe Narrow-leaved Hebe - Veronica salicifolia dylan Badock's Wood 29 Apr 2022, 8:52 p.m. 28 Apr 2022, 12:31 p.m.

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Species Description

Stace 4:

Veronica salcifolia G. Forst (Hebe salicifolia (G. Forst.) Pennell) - Narrow-leaved Hebe.

Shrub to 2m; leaf-bud sinuses present; leaves 7-12 x 0.7-1.5cm, linear-lanceolate, acuminate, subglabrous to hairy at margin; racemes 10-20cm; corolla white or tinged pale lilac; (2n=40, 80). Neophyte-naturalised; on rocky and rough ground mostly coastal; Devon, Cornwall and Isle of Man, marginally naturalised elsewhere throughout British Isles; New Zealand and Chile.

Key:

  • Leaves ≥(2.5)3 x 0.7cm; racemes mostly >3cm
  • Leaves linear-lanceolate, about 8-12x as long as wide, narrowly acute to acuminate at apex; racemes mostly >10cm; corolla usually white