Family | PLANTAGINACEAE |
Genus species | Veronica alaskensis M.M.Mart.Ort. & Albach |
Bibliography | Taxon 53: 441 (2004) |
Native Range | Subarctic America |
Primary Biome | Subarctic |
Habitat | tundra |
Altitude | 200-2500m |
Description | leaves persistent, ovate to cordate, 2-3cm broad, not coriaceous, margins laciniate, segments rounded, lanate, raceme erect, lax, corolla campanulate, regular |
Size | 5-12cm |
Color | blue |
Bloom | spring, early summer |
Ca | |
Type | perennial |
Cultivation | humous, moist, but in winter drier, semi-shady site alpine house, moist, humous 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 |
Synonyms | Synthyris borealis Pennell |
Territory | 7 Northern America 70 Subarctic America (ASK Alaska, NWT Northwest Territories, YUK Yukon) |