Family | PLANTAGINACEAE |
Genus species | Veronica tetrasticha Hook.f. subgen. Hebe |
Bibliography | Handb. N. Zealand Fl. 1: 212 (1864) |
Native Range | New Zealand |
Primary Biome | Subalpine |
Habitat | rocky slopes |
Description | leaves crowded, imbricate, about 1.5mm long, triangular, upper half concave with erect margins, flowers 1-3 pairs, sessile in axils of upper leaves |
Size | 10-15cm |
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 tetrasticha (Hook.f.) Andersen Leonohebe tetrasticha (Hook.f.) Heads |
Territory | 5 Australasia 51 New Zealand (NZS New Zealand South) |