Family | PLANTAGINACEAE |
Genus species | Veronica pimeleoides Hook.f. subgen. Hebe |
Bibliography | Fl. Nov.-Zel. 1: 195 (1853) |
Native Range | New Zealand South |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | grassland and thickets |
Description | leaves lanceolate, or more narrow, 5-15mm long, glaucous, sometimes with red margins, flowers in racemes |
Size | 20-30cm |
Color | bluish purple |
Bloom | early summer |
Ca | |
Type | shrub |
Cultivation | mesic, slightly humous, semi-shady site alpine house, moist, rich, drained 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 glaucocaerulea (J.B.Armstr.) Cockayne Hebe pimeleoides (Hook.f.) Cockayne & Allan Veronica glaucocaerulea J.B.Armstr. |
Territory | 5 Australasia 51 New Zealand (NZS New Zealand South) |