Family | PLANTAGINACEAE |
Genus species | Veronica petriei (Buchanan) Kirk subgen. Hebe |
Bibliography | Trans. & Proc. New Zealand Inst. 28: 517 (1896) |
Native Range | New Zealand |
Primary Biome | Subalpine |
Habitat | scree |
Description | leaves obovate-spathulate, 6-10mm long, at base connate, flowers in compact, terminal spikes to 5cm long |
Size | 15-25cm |
Color | white |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | subshrub |
Cultivation | gravelly, humous, moist, semi-shady site alpine house, moist, humous, gravelly 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 petriei (Buchanan) Cockayne & Allan Leonohebe petriei (Buchanan) Heads Mitrasacme petriei Buchanan |
Territory | 5 Australasia 51 New Zealand (NZS New Zealand South) |