Family | PLANTAGINACEAE |
Genus species | Veronica diosmifolia A.Cunn. subgen. Hebe |
Bibliography | Bot. Mag. 63: t. 3461 (1836) |
Native Range | New Zealand |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | thickets and woods |
Description | leaves dense, lanceolate to ovate-oblong, 1-3cm long, dentate, dark green, coriaceous, flowers in corymbose panicles |
Size | 50-100cm |
Color | lilac-purple, white |
Bloom | spring |
Ca | |
Type | shrub |
Cultivation | cold, shady site with a humous, moist soil alpine house, moist, humous soil, shade |
Propagation | seed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1-3 months, 16-21°C basal cuttings in late summer and fall |
Synonyms | Hebe diosmifolia (A.Cunn.) Andersen Hebe trisepala (Colenso) Cockayne Veronica trisepala Colenso |
Territory | 5 Australasia 51 New Zealand (NZN New Zealand North, NZS New Zealand South) |