Family | PLANTAGINACEAE |
Genus species | Veronica birleyi N.E.Br. subgen. Hebe |
Bibliography | Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1911: 345 (1911) |
Native Range | New Zealand |
Primary Biome | Subalpine |
Habitat | rocks |
Description | leaves crowded, sessile or with broad, short petiole, broadly obovate, with 3-6 denticles, adaxially purple-green, flowers 1-3, 12-20mm across, axillary, shortly pedicellate |
Size | 5-10cm |
Color | white |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | subshrub |
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, 18-21°C basal cuttings in late summer and fall |
Synonyms | Hebejeebie birleyi (N.E.Br.) Heads Parahebe birleyi (N.E.Br.) W.R.B.Oliv. Veronica grahamii Petrie |
Territory | 5 Australasia 51 New Zealand (NZS New Zealand South) |