Family | PLANTAGINACEAE |
Genus species | Veronica salicornioides Hook.f. subgen. Hebe |
Bibliography | Handb. N. Zeal. Fl. 1: 212 (1864) |
Native Range | New Zealand |
Primary Biome | Subalpine |
Habitat | grassland |
Description | branchlets perfectly terete, leaves up to 1mm long, connate for 1/2 lenght, to form short sheating collar, thinly fleshy, apex rounded, spikes up to 12-flowered |
Size | 40-60cm |
Color | white |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | subshrub |
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 salicornioides (Hook.f.) Cockayne & Allan Leonohebe salicornioides (Hook.f.) Heads |
Territory | 5 Australasia 51 New Zealand (NZS New Zealand South) |