Family | PLANTAGINACEAE |
Genus species | Veronica caespitosa Boiss. subgen. Orientales |
Bibliography | Diagn. Pl. Orient. 4: 79 (1844) |
Native Range | Lebanon to Turkey |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | rocky slopes |
Altitude | 1000-3100m |
Description | leaves crowded, linear to lanceolate, 6-13mm long, margins revolute, glabrous or sparsely setose and glandular-hirsute, flowers 1-5, 8-14mm across, in short racemes |
Size | 5-10cm |
Color | rose, blue |
Bloom | spring |
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Type | subshrub |
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 spring |
Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 34 Western Asia (LBS Lebanon-Syria, TUR Turkey) |