New Zealand Journal of Botany abstract

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B97064
Received 11 September 1997; accepted 11 December 1997

Hebe perbella (Scrophulariaceae)--a new and threatened species from western Northland, North Island, New Zealand

P. J. de LANGE

Science & Research Unit
Department of Conservation
Private Bag 68908
Newton
Auckland, New Zealand

Abstract  A new species, Hebe perbella, is described from western Northland, New Zealand. This attractive cliff-dwelling shrub is distinguished by its glabrous, flattened, ridged branchlets; olive-green to dark green, fleshy, lanceolate leaves; red-brown inflorescence rachises; and violet-red to lilac flowers, with a rather short corolla tube, acute corolla lobes, and subacuminate capsules. It is a naturally uncommon species considered to be under threat from the spread of introduced weedy species.

Keywords  Scrophulariaceae; Hebe perbella; new species; conservation; New Zealand flora

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