Family | PLANTAGINACEAE |
Genus species | Veronica polifolia Benth. subgen. Orientales |
Bibliography | Prodr. [A.P.de Candolle] 10: 473 (1846) |
Native Range | e. Medit. |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | steppes |
Altitude | 1000-1400m |
Description | grey tomentose, leaves sessile, oblong-spathulate, margins revolute, obtusely and regularly crenate, flowers in axillary, opposite, dense racemes, calyx lobes 4, obovate |
Size | 5-10cm |
Color | rose |
Bloom | early summer |
Ca | + |
Type | perennial |
Cultivation | sunny site with a deep, drained soil alpine house, rich, drained 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 |
Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 34 Western Asia (LBS Lebanon-Syria, PAL Palestine, TUR Turkey) |