Family | PLANTAGINACEAE |
Genus species | Veronica aphylla L. subgen. Veronica |
Bibliography | Sp. Pl. 1: 11 (1753) |
Native Range | European Mountains |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | scree and moraines |
Altitude | 1200-2900m |
Description | glandular-pubescent, leaves shortly petiolate, obovate-elliptic, obtuse, entire or crenate, flowers 3-5 in pedunculate, axillary racemes, calyx lobes oblong, obtuse |
Size | 3-10cm |
Color | blue |
Bloom | late summer |
Ca | + |
Type | perennial |
Cultivation | gravelly, humous, moist, sunny site alpine house, moist, humous, gravelly soil, sun |
Propagation | seed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1-3 months, 16-21°C division in early spring and fall; cuttings in late spring |
Synonyms | Azurina aphylla (L.) Fourr. Cardia aphylla (L.) Dulac Veronica aphylla ssp. longistyla (Ball) Arcang. Veronica aphylla var. nudicaulis Rouy Veronica depauperata Waldst. & Kit. Veronica longistyla Ball Veronica nudicaulis Lam. Veronica subacaulis Lam. |
Territory | 1 Europe 11 Middle Europe (AUT Austria, CZE Czechoslovakia, GER Germany, POL Poland, SWI Switzerland) 12 Southwestern Europe (FRA France, SPA Spain) 13 Southeastern Europe (ALB Albania, GRC Greece, ITA Italy, ROM Romania, YUG Yugoslavia) 14 Eastern Europe (UKR Ukraine) |
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