Family | PLANTAGINACEAE |
Genus species | Veronica cachemirica Gand. |
Bibliography | Bull. Soc. Bot. France 66: 219 (1919) |
Native Range | ne. Pakistan to w. Himalaya |
Primary Biome | Subalpine |
Habitat | scree |
Altitude | 2700-4300m |
Description | leaves opposite, sessile, 7-15mm, ovate or oval, hirsute, crenate-dentate, flowers in terminal raceme, upper bracts alternate, calyx ciliate, corolla 5-merous |
Size | 8-15cm |
Color | blue |
Bloom | spring, early summer |
Ca | |
Type | perennial |
Cultivation | gravelly, humous, moist, semi-shady site alpine house, moist, humous, gravelly soil, semi-shade |
Propagation | seed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1-3 months, 16-21°C division in early spring and fall; cuttings in late spring |
Territory | 4 Asia-Tropical 40 Indian Subcontinent (PAK Pakistan, WHM West Himalaya) |