Family | PLANTAGINACEAE |
Genus species | Veronica lanuginosa Benth. ex Hook.f. subgen. Fruticulosae |
Bibliography | Fl. Brit. India 4: 293 (1884) |
Native Range | s. Tibet to e. & c. Himalaya |
Primary Biome | Subalpine |
Habitat | scree and moraines |
Altitude | 4000-5600m |
Description | densely white lanate, leaves crowded, imbricate, sessile, orbiculate, entire or serrate, inflorescence terminal, racemose, calyx densely lanate, flowers 9-12mm across |
Size | 5-15cm |
Color | blue |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | perennial |
Cultivation | gravelly, humous, moist, semi-shady site alpine house, moist, humous, gravelly soil, semi-shade |
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 36 China (CHT Tibet) 4 Asia-Tropical 40 Indian Subcontinent (EHM East Himalaya, NEP Nepal) |