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Clubmoss whipcord hebe

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Clubmoss whipcord hebe

Whipcord hebe have scale-like leaves and small white flowers. The clubmoss hebe (Hebe lycopodioides) is common in alpine grasslands in the South Island.

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Hugh Wilson, Alpine plants – Survival, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/11051/clubmoss-whipcord-hebe (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by Hugh Wilson, published 1 March 2009.