Family | PLANTAGINACEAE |
Genus species | Veronica poppelwellii Cockayne subgen. Hebe |
Bibliography | Trans. & Proc. New Zealand Inst. 48: 200 (1916) |
Native Range | New Zealand |
Primary Biome | Subalpine |
Habitat | grassland and thickets |
Altitude | 750-1250m |
Description | leaves broadly ovate, 1-2mm long, imbricate, shiny green to yellow-green, flowers in small spikes |
Size | 40-60cm |
Color | white |
Bloom | 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 imbricata Cockayne & Allan Hebe imbricata ssp. poppelwellii (Cockayne) Wagstaff & Wardle Hebe poppelwellii (Cockayne) Cockayne & Allan Leonohebe imbricata (Petrie) Heads Leonohebe poppelwellii (Cockayne) Heads Veronica imbricata Petrie |
Territory | 5 Australasia 51 New Zealand (NZS New Zealand South) |