Family | PLANTAGINACEAE |
Genus species | Veronica linifolia Hook.f. subgen. Hebe |
Bibliography | Handb. N. Zeal. Fl. 1: 214 (1864) |
Native Range | New Zealand |
Primary Biome | Subalpine |
Habitat | grassland |
Description | leaves dense, linear to linear-lanceolate, 8-20mm long, glabrous, raceme 2-4-flowered, flowers 10-15mm across, floral pedicels thin, 1-3cm long |
Size | 10-15cm |
Color | blue, pink, white |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | subshrub |
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, 18-21°C basal cuttings in late summer and fall |
Synonyms | Hebe linifolia (Hook.f.) Andersen Parahebe linifolia (Hook.f.) W.R.B.Oliv. |
Territory | 5 Australasia 51 New Zealand (NZS New Zealand South) |