Family | PLANTAGINACEAE |
Genus species | Veronica tumida Kirk subgen. Hebe |
Bibliography | Trans. & Proc. New Zealand Inst. 28: 521 (1896) |
Native Range | New Zealand |
Primary Biome | Subalpine |
Habitat | rocky slopes |
Altitude | 900-1400m |
Description | leaves erect, 1-2mm, shortly deltate above rather narrow base, at margins obscurely ciliate, inflorescence to 12mm long, flowers in 1-4 pairs, loosely arranged |
Size | 5-10cm |
Color | white |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | shrub |
Cultivation | rock crevices with favourable water regime, eastern slopes alpine house, poor, drained 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 tumida (Kirk) Cockayne & Allan Leonohebe tumida (Kirk) Heads |
Territory | 5 Australasia 51 New Zealand (NZS New Zealand South) |