Family | PLANTAGINACEAE |
Genus species | Veronica chathamica Buchanan subgen. Hebe |
Bibliography | Trans. & Proc. New Zealand Inst. 7: 338 (1875) |
Native Range | Chatham Is. |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | rocks |
Altitude | 0-10m |
Description | sparsely hirsute, leaves opposite, crowded, elliptic, obtuse, shiny, dark green, flowers in crowded, subterminal racemes, to 4cm long |
Size | 5-10cm |
Color | violet, white |
Bloom | early summer |
Ca | |
Type | shrub |
Cultivation | sunny rock crevices, protection against winter wet alpine house, poor, 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 chathamica (Buchanan) Cockayne Hebe coxiana (Kirk) Cockayne Veronica coxiana Kirk |
Territory | 5 Australasia 51 New Zealand (CTM Chatham Is.) |