Family | PLANTAGINACEAE |
Genus species | Veronica pinguifolia Hook.f. subgen. Hebe |
Synonyms | Hebe pinguifolia (Hook.f.) Cockayne & Allan |
Veronica godefroyana Carriére | |
Veronica pageana Hadden | |
Habitat | dry rocks and scree |
Altitude | subalpine |
Description | leaves crowded, subimbricate, broadly ovate, concave, 10-15mm long, thick, grey-green and glaucous, sometimes wit red margins, flowers in compact lateral spikes |
Size | 20-30cm |
Color | 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
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