Family | PLANTAGINACEAE |
Genus species | Veronica lyallii Hook.f. subgen. Hebe |
Bibliography | Fl. Nov.-Zel. 1: 196 (1853) |
Native Range | New Zealand |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | rocks and scree |
Description | leaves 5-10mm, suborbiculate to ovate, crenate to obtusely serrate, pale green, flowers 10-more, to 1cm across, with red eye and pale rose striate |
Size | 5-10cm |
Color | white |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | subshrub |
Cultivation | sunny rock crevices, protection against winter wet alpine house, poor, drained soil, sun |
Propagation | seed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1-3 months, 18-21°C basal cuttings in late summer and fall |
Synonyms | Hebe lyallii (Hook.f.) A.Wall Parahebe lyallii (Hook.f.) W.R.B.Oliv. |
Territory | 5 Australasia 51 New Zealand (NZN New Zealand North, NZS New Zealand South) |