Family | PLANTAGINACEAE |
Genus species | Veronica macrantha Hook.f. subgen. Hebe |
Bibliography | Handb. N. Zeal. Fl. 1: 213 (1864) |
Native Range | New Zealand |
Primary Biome | Subalpine |
Habitat | grassland |
Altitude | 1300-1600m |
Description | leaves small, opposite, very thick and coriaceous, obovate, obtuse, coarsely dentate, pale green, flowers large, ca. 2cm across, in axillary racemes |
Size | 20-30cm |
Color | starry white |
Bloom | late spring |
Ca | |
Type | subshrub |
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 macrantha (Hook.f.) Cockayne & Allan Parahebe macrantha (Hook.f.) Heads |
Territory | 5 Australasia 51 New Zealand (NZS New Zealand South) |