Family | PLANTAGINACEAE |
Genus species | Veronica albicans Petrie subgen. Hebe |
Bibliography | Trans. & Proc. New Zealand Inst. 49: 53 (1917) |
Native Range | New Zealand |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | rocky slopes |
Description | leaves dense, 2-3cm long, broadly ovate, glaucous, thick, flowers in compact, axillary racemes |
Size | 40-60cm |
Color | white |
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, 16-21°C basal cuttings in late summer and fall |
Synonyms | Hebe albicans (Petrie) Cockayne Hebe recurva G.Simpson & J.S.Thomson |
Territory | 5 Australasia 51 New Zealand (NZS New Zealand South) |