Family | PLANTAGINACEAE |
Genus species | Veronica lilliputiana Stearn subgen. Hebe |
Bibliography | Gard. Chron., ser. 3, 129: 166 (1951) |
Native Range | New Zealand |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | rocky slopes |
Description | branches hirsute, leaves small, ovate, greyish, flowers solitary, relatively large, at apex of branchlets, openly crateriform |
Size | 1-5cm |
Color | pale blue |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | shrub |
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 canescens A.Wall Parahebe canescens (A.Wall) W.R.B.Oliv. Veronica canescens Kirk |
Territory | 5 Australasia 51 New Zealand (NZS New Zealand South) |