Family | PLANTAGINACEAE |
Genus species | Veronica hectorii Hook.f. subgen. Hebe |
Bibliography | Handb. N. Zeal. Fl. 1: 212 (1864) |
Native Range | New Zealand |
Primary Biome | Subalpine |
Habitat | grassland and thickets |
Description | leaves broadly triangular-ovate, 2-3mm long, connate to one-half, more or less shiny, flowers 10-15, in spikes, near apex of branchlets |
Size | 10-60cm |
Color | white |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | shrub |
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 basal cuttings in late summer and fall |
Synonyms | Hebe hectori ssp. laingii (Cockayne) Wagstaff & Wardle Hebe hectori ssp. subulata (G.Simpson) Wagstaff & Wardle Hebe laingii (Cockayne) Andersen Hebe subulata G.Simpson Leonohebe laingii (Cockayne) Heads Leonohebe subulata (G.Simpson) Heads Veronica laingii Cockayne |
Territory | 5 Australasia 51 New Zealand (NZN New Zealand North, NZS New Zealand South) |