Family | PLANTAGINACEAE |
Genus species | Veronica odora Hook.f. subgen. Hebe |
Bibliography | Fl. Antarct.: 62 (1844) |
Native Range | New Zealand |
Primary Biome | Subalpine |
Habitat | grassland |
Description | leaves dense, imbricate, elliptic-ovate, 1-2cm long, adaxially shiny, abaxially dull, crenulate, flowers in terminal and lateral spikes producing panicle |
Size | 40-50cm |
Color | white |
Bloom | early summer |
Ca | |
Type | shrub |
Cultivation | humous, moist, but in winter drier, semi-shady site alpine house, moist, humous soil, shading in summer |
Propagation | seed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1-3 months, 16-21°C basal cuttings in late summer and fall |
Synonyms | Hebe anomala (J.B.Armstr.) Cockayne Hebe buxifolia (Benth.) Cockayne & Allan Hebe odora (Hook.f.) Cockayne Leonohebe odora (Hook.f.) Heads Veronica anomala J.B.Armstr. Veronica buxifolia Benth. |
Territory | 5 Australasia 51 New Zealand (NZN New Zealand North, NZS New Zealand South) |