Family | PLANTAGINACEAE |
Genus species | Veronica decora (Ashwin) Garn.-Jones subgen. Hebe |
Bibliography | Taxon 56: 577 (2007) |
Native Range | New Zealand |
Primary Biome | Subalpine |
Habitat | scree |
Description | stems thin, interlaced, leaves 1-4mm, ovate to nearly orbiculate, entire or with 1-2 basal teeth, flowers to 1cm across in verticillate raceme, floral pedicel to 15mm long |
Size | 10-15cm |
Color | white, red striate |
Bloom | 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, 18-21°C basal cuttings in late summer and fall |
Synonyms | Parahebe decora Ashwin |
Territory | 5 Australasia 51 New Zealand (NZS New Zealand South) |