Family | PLANTAGINACEAE |
Genus species | Veronica rupicola Cheeseman subgen. Hebe |
Bibliography | Man. New Zeal. Fl.: 514 (1906) |
Native Range | New Zealand |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | rocky slopes |
Description | leaves erect, patent, obovate-oblong, coriaceous, yellow-green, glabrous, entire, margins cartilagineous, obtuse, subsessile, opposite, bracts 4-5mm long, ovate |
Size | 30-60cm |
Color | white |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | shrub |
Cultivation | sunny rock crevices, protection against winter wet alpine house, poor, drained soil, sun |
Propagation | seed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1-3 months, 16-21°C cuttings in late summer and fall |
Synonyms | Hebe lapidosa G.Simpson & J.S.Thomson Hebe rupicola (Cheeseman) Cockayne & Allan |
Territory | 5 Australasia 51 New Zealand (NZS New Zealand South) |