Family | PLANTAGINACEAE |
Genus species | Veronica densifolia (F.Muell.) F.Muell. subgen. Hebe |
Bibliography | Fragm. 2: 137 (1861) |
Native Range | se. Australia, New Zealand |
Primary Biome | Subalpine |
Habitat | rocky slopes |
Altitude | 1100-1800m |
Description | rooting, branchlets square, leaves in four rows, coriaceous, spathulate, 3-6mm x 1,5-3mm, with few hairs, flowers 10-15mm across, at apex of branchlets |
Size | 5-10cm |
Color | bright lilac, white |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | subshrub |
Cultivation | rock crevices with favourable water regime, eastern slopes alpine house, poor, drained soil, shading in summer |
Propagation | seed in spring, uncovered, light, germ. 1-3 months, 16-21°C cuttings in late spring |
Synonyms | Chionohebe densifolia (F.Muell.) B.G.Briggs & Ehrend. Hebe dasyphylla (Kirk) Cockayne & Allan Hebejeebie densifolia (F.Muell.) Heads Leonohebe densifolia (F.Muell.) Heads Logania tetragona Hook.f. Paederota densifolia F.Muell. Pygmea tetragona (Hook.f.) Ashwin Veronica dasyphylla Kirk Veronica dasyphylla var. minor G.Simpson & J.S.Thomson Veronica dasyphylla var. subacuta G.Simpson & J.S.Thomson |
Territory | 5 Australasia 50 Australia (NSW New South Wales) 51 New Zealand (NZS New Zealand South) |