Family | PLANTAGINACEAE |
Genus species | Veronica rigidula Cheeseman subgen. Hebe |
Bibliography | Man. N. Zealand Fl.: 514 (1906) |
Native Range | New Zealand |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | rocky slopes |
Description | leaves elliptic-oblong, 12-18mm, adaxially green, abaxially grey, flowers in lateral, branched spikes, near apex of branchlets |
Size | 20-30cm |
Color | white |
Bloom | 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 rigidula (Cheeseman) Cockayne & Allan |
Territory | 5 Australasia 51 New Zealand (NZS New Zealand South) |