Family | PLANTAGINACEAE |
Genus species | Veronica alaskensis M.M.Mart.Ort. & Albach |
Synonyms | Synthyris borealis Pennell |
Habitat | tundra |
Altitude | 200-2500m |
Description | leaves persistent, ovate to cordate, 2-3cm broad, not coriaceous, margins laciniate, segments rounded, lanate, raceme erect, lax, corolla campanulate, regular |
Size | 5-12cm |
Color | blue |
Bloom | spring, early summer |
Ca | |
Type | tuft |
Cultivation | humous, moist, but in winter drier, semi-shady site alpine house, moist, humous, gravelly soil, semi-shade |
Propagation | seed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1-3 months, 16-21°C division in early spring and fall; cuttings in late spring |
Territory |
Northern America
Subarctic America (Alaska , Northwest Territories , Yukon) |
Bibliography | Plants of the World online powo.science.kew.org International Plant Names Index www.ipni.org |
Comments | PLANTAGINACEAE
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