Family | PLANTAGINACEAE |
Genus species | Veronica birleyi N.E.Br. subgen. Hebe |
Synonyms | Hebejeebie birleyi (N.E.Br.) Heads |
Parahebe birleyi (N.E.Br.) W.R.B.Oliv. | |
Veronica grahamii Petrie | |
Habitat | rocks |
Altitude | alpine |
Description | leaves crowded, sessile or with broad, short petiole, broadly obovate, with 3-6 denticles, adaxially purple-green, flowers 1-3, 12-20mm across, axillary, shortly pedicellate |
Size | 5-10cm |
Color | white |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | decumbent subshrub |
Cultivation | rock crevices with favourable water regime, eastern slopes alpine house, poor, drained soil, shading in summer |
Propagation | seed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1-3 months, 18-21°C basal cuttings in late summer and fall |
Territory |
Australasia
New Zealand (New Zealand South) |
Bibliography | Plants of the World online powo.science.kew.org International Plant Names Index www.ipni.org |
Comments | PLANTAGINACEAE
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