Family | PLANTAGINACEAE |
Genus species | Veronica grandiflora Gaertn. subgen. Veronica |
Bibliography | Novi Comment. Acad. Sci. Imp. Petrop. 14(1): 531 (1770) |
Native Range | Kamtschatka to Alaska |
Primary Biome | Subalpine or Subarctic |
Habitat | rocky slopes |
Altitude | 200-1500m |
Description | stems densely leafy, pubescent, leaves opposite, ovate, 2-5cm, obscurely crenate-serrate, at base cuneate, ciliate, shortly petiolate, raceme axillary, 4-8-flowered |
Size | 5-12cm |
Color | bright blue |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | perennial |
Cultivation | rock crevices with favourable water regime, eastern slopes alpine house, poor, drained soil, shading in summer |
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 aphylla var. grandiflora (Gaertn.) Vahl Veronica camtschatica J.F.Gmel. Veronica grandiflora var. minor Hultén Veronica kamtchatica L.f. |
Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 31 Russian Far East (KAM Kamchatka, KUR Kuril Is.) 7 Northern America 70 Subarctic America (ALU Aleutian Is., ASK Alaska) |