Family | PLANTAGINACEAE |
Genus species | Veronica insularis Cheeseman subgen. Hebe |
Synonyms | Hebe insularis (Cheeseman) Cockayne & Allan |
Habitat | rocks |
Altitude | 0-50m |
Description | branchlets pubescent, leaves erect, elliptic-oblong, coriaceous, glabrous, shortly sharply mucronate, entire, margins cartilagineous, flowers in lateral corymbose heads |
Size | 20-50cm |
Color | pale blue |
Bloom | 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 North) |
Bibliography | Plants of the World online powo.science.kew.org International Plant Names Index www.ipni.org |
Comments | PLANTAGINACEAE
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