Hebe speciosa, (R. Cunn. ex A. Cunn.) Andersen
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2. H. speciosa (R. Cunn. ex A. Cunn.) Andersen , Trans. Proc. N.Z. Inst. 56: 693 (1926).
Up to 150 cm, of compact habit. Young twigs glabrous. Leaves 5-10 x 2-5-5 cm, obovate-oblong, coriaceous to fleshy, glabrous. Racemes 7-10 cm, stout, very dense. Calyx 2 mm. Corolla violet to reddish-purple; lobes c. 4 mm, broadly ovate, obtuse, erecto-patent. Capsule 5-6 x 3-4 mm. Cultivatedfor ornament, andfor hedges near the sea; locally naturalized on sea-cliffs in Ireland. [?Br Hb.] (New Zealand.)
Numerous cultivars exist, some of them probably of hybrid origin.
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Hebe speciosa
| Tutin, T. G., Heywood, V. H., Burges, N. A., Moore, D. M., Valentine, D. H., Walters, S. M. & Webb, D. A. 1972 |
H. speciosa (R. Cunn. ex A. Cunn.)
| Andersen 1926: 693 |