Family | PLANTAGINACEAE |
Genus species | Veronica hulkeana F.Muell. ex Hook.f. subgen. Hebe |
Bibliography | Handb. N. Zeal. Fl. 1: 213 (1864) |
Native Range | New Zealand |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | rocky slopes |
Altitude | 0-1500m |
Description | leaves patent, oblong-elliptic to orbiculate, crenate-serrate to sharply dentate, often with red margins, flowers in broad, terminal panicle, to 20cm long |
Size | 40-60cm |
Color | lavender-blue, white |
Bloom | early 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 hulkeana (F.Muell. ex Hook.f.) Andersen Heliohebe hulkeana (F.Muell. ex Hook.f.) Garn.-Jones Parahebe hulkeana (F.Muell. ex Hook.f.) Heads |
Territory | 5 Australasia 51 New Zealand (NZS New Zealand South) |