Family | PLANTAGINACEAE |
Genus species | Veronica topiaria (L.B.Moore) Garn.-Jones subgen. Hebe |
Bibliography | Taxon 56: 580 (2007) |
Native Range | New Zealand |
Primary Biome | Subalpine |
Habitat | grassland |
Description | leaves dense, subimbricate, broadly elliptic to subobovate, to 12mm long, on both faces glaucous, flowers in short, compact racemes |
Size | 40-60cm |
Color | white |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | shrub |
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 topiaria L.B.Moore |
Territory | 5 Australasia 51 New Zealand (NZS New Zealand South) |