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 plate originated with the Royal Horticultural Society and passed through Wheldon & Wesley, one of the great natural history dealers of the 20th century. We came into the archive by accident and have spent the time since trying to share it as widely as we can.