Family | PLANTAGINACEAE |
Genus species | Veronica filipes P.C.Tsoong subgen. Veronica |
Habitat | rocky slopes |
Altitude | 3400-4500m |
Description | lower leaves scaly-like, upper leaves ovate to orbiculate, dentate, 12-25mm long, racemes 2-4, axillary, 2-5-flowered, flowers 5-7mm across |
Size | 5-15cm |
Color | blue, pale purple |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | tuft |
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, 16-21°C division in early spring and fall; cuttings in late spring |
Territory |
Asia-Temperate
China (China South-Central , China North-Central , Qinghai) |
Bibliography | Plants of the World online powo.science.kew.org International Plant Names Index www.ipni.org |
Comments | PLANTAGINACEAE
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