Curtis Botanical – Plate 7338 – Clubmoss Speedwell / Whipcord Hebe

Original antique black-and-white print from Curtis's Botanical Magazine — Plate 7338.

A New Zealand native hebe (now reclassified from Veronica) with dense, scale-like leaves pressed tightly to whip-like stems — it mimics a clubmoss or cypress rather than a flowering plant. Adapted to New Zealand's alpine zone, where it must survive wind, cold, and UV.

Pacific NW (OR, WA) and Northern CA — hebes are among the most popular garden shrubs in the maritime Northwest.

Uncolored plate. Condition consistent with age of volume. Each print is a unique piece of botanical history, printed on paper aged over a century.

This is an original uncolored (plain) plate from leftover publisher stock of Curtis's Botanical Magazine, printed in London. It was issued uncolored and never bound. We bought the holding at the estate of a Chicago rare bookseller. Labels and stock papers from the British dealer Wheldon & Wesley came with it. Library stamps, when present, are noted on the listing.