Hebe traversii

Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture

Veronica traversii, Hook. f. Fig. 3916. Shrub of dense habit forming a globose mass of leafy, slender sts. 3-4 ft. diam.: lvs. 1/2 - 1 in. long, elliptic-oblong to linear-oblong, green, leathery, acute: racemes near tips of branches, 1-3 in. long, generally tapering: fls. white, calyx-segms. broadly ovate or oblong: caps. twice length of calyx. Midsummer. New Zeal. B.M. 6390. Gn. 32, p. 217; 66, p. 391. G.C. III. 53:172. G. 10:375. G.L. 25:139. G.M. 45:84; 53:630. G.W. 12, p. 161.— V. monticola, J. F. Armstg., includes a number of distinct plants much resembling forms of the above, but their lvs. are frequently obtuse and racemes much shorter. Gn. 43, p. 522. V. laevis, Benth., is similar to V. monticola but it differs in its corymbosely-branched infl. V. subalpina, Cockayne, has softer, brighter green lvs., shorter racemes and corolla-tube. It also blooms earlier than V. Traversii. The above text is from the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture. It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article. Click on "Collapse" in the header to hide this text.