Family | PLANTAGINACEAE |
Genus species | Veronica gibbsii Kirk subgen. Hebe |
Bibliography | Trans. & Proc. New Zealand Inst. 28: 524 (1896) |
Native Range | New Zealand |
Primary Biome | Subalpine |
Habitat | grassland |
Altitude | 900-1200m |
Description | branchlets solid, leaves 2cm, thick, opposite, crowded, oval, obtuse, glaucous, at margins long white hirsute, flowers in crowded spikes near apex of branchlets |
Size | 20-30cm |
Color | white |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | shrub |
Cultivation | humous, moist, but in winter drier, semi-shady site alpine house, moist, humous 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 gibbsii (Kirk) Cockayne & Allan |
Territory | 5 Australasia 51 New Zealand (NZS New Zealand South) |