Family | PLANTAGINACEAE |
Genus species | Veronica krylovii Schischk. subgen. Orientales |
Bibliography | Fl. Sibir. Occ. [P.N.Krylov] ed. 2, 10: 2457 (1939) |
Native Range | s. Siberia to e. Kazakhstan and n. China |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | grassland and thickets |
Description | leaves opposite, sessile, oblong to lanceolate, 1-4cm, crisped hirsute, serrate, flowers in axillary racemes, corolla 6-7mm across, petals ovate |
Size | 10-70cm |
Color | bright blue, pink, white |
Bloom | spring |
Ca | |
Type | perennial |
Cultivation | mesic, slightly humous, semi-shady site alpine house, moist, rich, drained 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 |
Synonyms | Veronica latifolia var. minor Ledeb. Veronica teucrium ssp. altaica Watzl Veronica teucrium var. latifolia Bunge |
Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 30 Siberia (ALT Altay, BRY Buryatiya, IRK Irkutsk, KRA Krasnoyarsk, TVA Tuva, WSB West Siberia) 32 Middle Asia (KAZ Kazakhstan) 36 China (CHI Inner Mongolia, CHM Manchuria, CHX Xinjiang) 37 Mongolia |