Family | PLANTAGINACEAE |
Genus species | Veronica pinguifolia Hook.f. subgen. Hebe |
Bibliography | Handb. N. Zeal. Fl. 1: 210 (1864) |
Native Range | New Zealand |
Primary Biome | Subalpine |
Habitat | rocks and scree |
Description | leaves crowded, subimbricate, broadly ovate, concave, 10-15mm long, thick, grey-green and glaucous, sometimes wit red margins, flowers in compact lateral spikes |
Size | 20-30cm |
Color | white |
Bloom | early summer |
Ca | |
Type | subshrub |
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 godefroyana (Carriére) Cockayne Hebe pinguifolia (Hook.f.) Cockayne & Allan Veronica godefroyana Carriére Veronica pageana Hadden |
Territory | 5 Australasia 51 New Zealand (NZS New Zealand South) |