Family | PLANTAGINACEAE |
Genus species | Veronica epacridea Hook.f. subgen. Hebe |
Bibliography | Handb. N. Zeal. Fl. 1: 213 (1864) |
Native Range | New Zealand |
Primary Biome | Subalpine |
Habitat | rocks and scree |
Description | leaves ovate to oval, in four vertical rows, concave, cuneate, dark green, with red margins, flowers crowded in terminal spherical heads |
Size | 10-15cm |
Color | white |
Bloom | spring, early summer |
Ca | |
Type | subshrub |
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 epacridea (Hook.f.) Andersen Leonohebe epacridea (Hook.f.) Heads |
Territory | 5 Australasia 51 New Zealand (NZS New Zealand South) |