Family | PLANTAGINACEAE |
Genus species | Veronica cheesemanii Benth. subgen. Hebe |
Bibliography | Hooker‘s Icon. Pl. 14: t. 1366, f. A (1880) |
Native Range | New Zealand |
Primary Biome | Subalpine |
Habitat | rocks and scree |
Altitude | 1300-1600m |
Description | leaves broadly ovate, scaly-like, 1x1,5mm, imbricate and firmly appresed, concave, flowers small, usually in sessile pairs, apically or subapically on branchlets |
Size | 20-30cm |
Color | white |
Bloom | late spring |
Ca | |
Type | shrub |
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 cheesemanii (Benth.) Cocakyne & Allan Leonohebe cheesemanii (Benth.) Heads Parahebe cheesemanii (Benth.) W.R.B.Oliv. |
Territory | 5 Australasia 51 New Zealand (NZS New Zealand South) |