Family | PLANTAGINACEAE |
Genus species | Veronica thomsonii (Buchanan) Cheeseman subgen. Hebe |
Bibliography | Man. New Zealand Fl.: 540 (1906) |
Native Range | New Zealand |
Primary Biome | Subalpine |
Habitat | rocky slopes |
Description | leaves spathulate, 3mm long, with dense, white hairs at apex, flowers 5mm across, with longer tube, pentamerous |
Size | 1-2cm |
Color | white |
Bloom | spring |
Ca | |
Type | subshrub |
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 cuttings in late spring |
Synonyms | Chionohebe myosotoides (Ashwin) B.G.Briggs & Ehrend. Chionohebe thomsonii (Buchanan) B.G.Briggs & Ehrend. Pygmea myosotoides Ashwin Pygmea thomsonii Buchanan Veronica myosotoides (Ashwin) Garn.-Jones |
Territory | 5 Australasia 51 New Zealand (NZS New Zealand South) |