Family | PLANTAGINACEAE |
Genus species | Veronica bombycina Boiss. & Kotschy subgen. Orientales |
Bibliography | Diagn. Pl. Orient. [P.E.Boissier] ser. 2, 3: 171 (1856) |
Native Range | Lebanon to s. Turkey |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | rocks |
Altitude | 2000-3500m |
Description | white sericeous, leaves minute, sessile, ovate or oblong-spathulate, flowers 1-5, terminal, bracts small, ovate, calyx lobes oblong, obtuse |
Size | 5-10cm |
Color | blue, reddish |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | + |
Type | subshrub |
Cultivation | sunny rock crevices, protection against winter wet alpine house, poor, drained soil, sun |
Propagation | seed in spring, uncovered, light, germ. 1-3 months, 16-21°C cuttings in late spring |
Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 34 Western Asia (LBS Lebanon-Syria, TUR Turkey) |
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