Family | PLANTAGINACEAE |
Genus species | Veronica colensoi Hook.f. subgen. Hebe |
Bibliography | Handb. N. Zeal. Fl. 1: 209 (1864) |
Native Range | New Zealand |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | rocks |
Description | branches solid, smooth, leaves opposite, crowded in upper part of branches, linear-oval, dark green, abaxially bluish, with distinct midrib, flowers in subterminal racemes |
Size | 30-40cm |
Color | white |
Bloom | 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 colensoi (Hook.f.) A.Wall Hebe colensoi var. hillii (Colenso) Allan Hebe hillii (Colenso) A.Wall Veronica hillii Colenso |
Territory | 5 Australasia 51 New Zealand (NZN New Zealand North, NZS New Zealand South) |