Family | PLANTAGINACEAE |
Genus species | Veronica chathamica Buchanan subgen. Hebe |
Synonyms | Hebe chathamica (Buchanan) Cockayne |
Hebe coxiana (Kirk) Cockayne | |
Veronica coxiana Kirk | |
Habitat | rocks |
Altitude | 0-10m |
Description | sparsely hirsute, leaves opposite, crowded, elliptic, obtuse, shiny, dark green, flowers in crowded, subterminal racemes, to 4cm long |
Size | 5-10cm |
Color | violet, white |
Bloom | early summer |
Ca | |
Type | shrub, carpet |
Cultivation | sunny, dry, rock crevices, protection against winter wet alpine house, poor, drained soil, sun |
Propagation | seed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1-3 months, 16-21°C basal cuttings in late summer and fall |
Territory |
Australasia
New Zealand (Chatham Is.) |
Bibliography | Plants of the World online powo.science.kew.org International Plant Names Index www.ipni.org |
Comments | PLANTAGINACEAE
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