Family | PLANTAGINACEAE |
Genus species | Veronica decumbens J.B.Armstr. subgen. Hebe |
Synonyms | Hebe decumbens (J.B.Armstr.) Cockayne & Allan |
Habitat | rocks |
Altitude | montane-subalpine |
Description | branchlets reddish black, shiny, leaves opposite, oval-obovate to ovate, dark shiny green, with red margins, flowers crowded in racemes, near apex of branchlets |
Size | 40-50cm |
Color | white |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | decumbent 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
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