Family | PLANTAGINACEAE |
Genus species | Veronica vernicosa Hook.f. subgen. Hebe |
Bibliography | Handb. N. Zeal. Fl. 1: 208 (1864) |
Native Range | New Zealand |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | grassland and thickets |
Description | leaves crowded, elliptic to obovate, 10-15mm long, dark shiny green, flowers in short racemes near apex of branchlets |
Size | 20-40cm |
Color | pale pink, white |
Bloom | early summer |
Ca | |
Type | shrub |
Cultivation | mesic, slightly humous, semi-shady site alpine house, moist, rich, drained soil, semi-shade |
Propagation | seed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1-3 months, 16-21°C basal cuttings in late summer and fall |
Synonyms | Hebe greyi (J.B.Armstr.) Cockayne Hebe vernicosa (Hook.f.) Cockayne & Allan Veronica greyi J.B.Armstr. |
Territory | 5 Australasia 51 New Zealand (NZS New Zealand South) |