Family | PLANTAGINACEAE |
Genus species | Veronica lavaudiana Raoul subgen. Hebe |
Bibliography | Choix Pl. Nouv.-Zél.: 16 (1846) |
Native Range | New Zealand |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | rocks |
Description | leaves opposite, dense, thick, coriaceous, obovate, at base tapered, dentate, dark green, with red margins, flowers in small spikes producing compoud cyme |
Size | 5-10cm |
Color | lilac-pink |
Bloom | early 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, 16-21°C basal cuttings in late summer and fall |
Synonyms | Hebe lavaudiana (Raoul) Andersen Heliohebe lavaudiana (Raoul) Garn.-Jones Parahebe lavaudiana (Raoul) Heads |
Territory | 5 Australasia 51 New Zealand (NZS New Zealand South) |