Family | PLANTAGINACEAE |
Genus species | Veronica hulkeana F.Muell. ex Hook.f. subgen. Hebe |
Synonyms | Hebe hulkeana (F.Muell. ex Hook.f.) Andersen |
Heliohebe hulkeana (F.Muell. ex Hook.f.) Garn.-Jones | |
Parahebe hulkeana (F.Muell. ex Hook.f.) Heads | |
Habitat | rocky slopes |
Altitude | 0-1500m |
Description | leaves patent, oblong-elliptic to orbiculate, crenate-serrate to sharply dentate, often with red margins, flowers in broad, terminal panicle, to 20cm long |
Size | 40-60cm |
Color | lavender-blue, white |
Bloom | early summer |
Ca | |
Type | shrub |
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 (New Zealand South) |
Bibliography | Plants of the World online powo.science.kew.org International Plant Names Index www.ipni.org |
Comments | PLANTAGINACEAE
hulkeana evestita (Garn.-Jones) Garn.-Jones, Taxon 56(2): 577 (2007)
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