Family | PLANTAGINACEAE |
Genus species | Veronica amplexicaulis J.B.Armstr. subgen. Hebe |
Bibliography | New Zealand Country J. 3: 56 (1879) |
Native Range | New Zealand |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | grassland |
Description | leaves crowded, loosely imbricate, broadly oblong, weakly concave, subcordate, to 15mm, thick, glaucous, flowers villose-pedicellate, in compact, oblong spike |
Size | 20-30cm |
Color | white |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | shrub |
Cultivation | mesic, slightly humous, sunny site alpine house, moist, rich, 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 allanii Cockayne Hebe amplexicaulis (J.B.Armstr.) Cockayne & Allan |
Territory | 5 Australasia 51 New Zealand (NZS New Zealand South) |