Family | PLANTAGINACEAE |
Genus species | Veronica canterburiensis J.B.Armstr. subgen. Hebe |
Bibliography | Trans. & Proc. New Zealand Inst. 13: 355 (1881) |
Native Range | New Zealand |
Primary Biome | Subalpine |
Habitat | grassland |
Description | leaves dense, subimbricate, 7-17mm long, more or less obovate, adaxially shiny, flowers numerous in axillary racemes, to 25mm long |
Size | 20-30cm |
Color | white |
Bloom | early summer |
Ca | |
Type | shrub |
Cultivation | humous, moist, but in winter drier, semi-shady site alpine house, moist, humous 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 canterburiensis (J.B.Armstr.) L.B.Moore Veronica lucens Kirk ex J.B.Armstr. |
Territory | 5 Australasia 51 New Zealand (NZN New Zealand North, NZS New Zealand South) |