Hebe odora

Hebe odora
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Eudicots
(unranked):	Asterids
Order:	Lamiales
Family:	Plantaginaceae
Genus:	Hebe
Species:	H. odora
Binomial name
Hebe odora (Hook. f.) Cockayne

Hebe odora (boxwood hebe, mountain-box) is a plant of the family Plantaginaceae, which is endemic to North Island, South Island, Stewart Island, and Auckland Island of New Zealand. It is upright, rounded, evergreen shrub, reaching 1 m in height, with glossy green, spear-shaped leaves that are 1.5 cm long. Flowers are white.

Synonyms

• Hebe anomala (J. B. Armstr.) Cockayne
• Hebe buxifolia (Benth.) Cockayne & Allan
• Veronica anomala J. B. Armstr.
• Veronica buxifolia Benth.

References

• GBIF entry
• Hebe Society entry
• USDA Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN) entry
• Trans. & Proc. New Zealand Inst. 60:472. 1929.
• Allan, H. H. B. et al. 1961–. Flora of New Zealand.