Family | PLANTAGINACEAE |
Genus species | Veronica planopetiolata G.Simpson & J.S.Thomson subgen. Hebe |
Bibliography | Trans. & Proc. Roy. Soc. New Zealand 72: 31 (1942) |
Native Range | New Zealand |
Primary Biome | Subalpine |
Habitat | rocks |
Altitude | 1400-1700m |
Description | leaves crowded, oblong-spathulate to ovate-oblong, 5-10mm, shiny, tapered to petiole, flowers 1-2, 6mm across, subsessile |
Size | 1-5cm |
Color | lavender-blue, white |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | subshrub |
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, 18-21°C basal cuttings in late summer and fall |
Synonyms | Parahebe muelleri W.R.B.Oliv. Parahebe planopetiolata (G.Simpson & J.S.Thomson) W.R.B.Oliv. Veronica muelleri Buchanan |
Territory | 5 Australasia 51 New Zealand (NZS New Zealand South) |