Family | PLANTAGINACEAE |
Genus species | Veronica cheesemanii Benth. subgen. Hebe |
Synonyms | Hebe cheesemanii (Benth.) Cockayne & Allan |
Leonohebe cheesemanii (Benth.) Heads | |
Parahebe cheesemanii (Benth.) W.R.B.Oliv. | |
Habitat | dry rocks and scree |
Altitude | 1300-1600m |
Description | leaves broadly ovate, scaly-like, 1x1,5mm, imbricate and firmly appresed, concave, flowers small, usually in sessile pairs, apically or subapically on branchlets |
Size | 20-30cm |
Color | white |
Bloom | late spring |
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
cheesemanii flabellata (Garn.-Jones) Garn.-Jones, Taxon 56(2): 576 (2007)
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