Family | PLANTAGINACEAE |
Genus species | Veronica cupressoides Hook.f. subgen. Hebe |
Bibliography | Handb. N. Zeal. Fl. 1: 212 (1864) |
Native Range | New Zealand |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | rocks and scree |
Description | leaves 1-2mm, subconnate, remote, narrowly triangular, subcarnose, glaucous and sometimes aromatic, flowers of 6-8 in spikes |
Size | 50-100cm |
Color | bluish lilac |
Bloom | early summer |
Ca | |
Type | shrub |
Cultivation | sunny 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 |
Synonyms | Hebe cupressoides (Hook.f.) Andersen Leonohebe cupressoides (Hook.f.) Heads |
Territory | 5 Australasia 51 New Zealand (NZS New Zealand South) |