Family | PLANTAGINACEAE |
Genus species | Veronica trifida Petrie subgen. Hebe |
Bibliography | Trans. & Proc. New Zealand Inst. 55: 437 (1924) |
Native Range | New Zealand |
Primary Biome | Subalpine |
Habitat | grassland |
Description | leaves dense, 4-9mm, obovate to oblanceolate, coriaceous, verrucose, flowers 1-3, 15-20mm long, floral pedicels 2-10mm long |
Size | 5-10cm |
Color | white |
Bloom | summer |
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, 18-21°C basal cuttings in late summer and fall |
Synonyms | Hebejeebie trifida (Petrie) Heads Parahebe trifida (Petrie) W.R.B.Oliv. |
Territory | 5 Australasia 51 New Zealand (NZS New Zealand South) |