Family | PLANTAGINACEAE |
Genus species | Veronica decumbens J.B.Armstr. subgen. Hebe |
Bibliography | Trans. & Proc. New Zealand Inst. 13: 352 (1881) |
Native Range | New Zealand |
Primary Biome | Subalpine |
Habitat | rocks |
Description | branchlets reddish black, shiny, leaves opposite, oval-obovate to ovate, dark shiny green, with red margins, flowers crowded in racemes, near apex of branchlets |
Size | 40-50cm |
Color | white |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | shrub |
Cultivation | rock crevices with favourable water regime, eastern slopes alpine house, poor, drained 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 decumbens (J.B.Armstr.) Cockayne & Allan |
Territory | 5 Australasia 51 New Zealand (NZS New Zealand South) |