Family | PLANTAGINACEAE |
Genus species | Veronica pulvinaris (Hook.f.) Cheeseman subgen. Hebe |
Bibliography | Man. New Zeal. Fl.: 540 (1906) |
Native Range | New Zealand |
Primary Biome | Subalpine |
Habitat | rocky slopes |
Description | rosettes minute, leaves linear-spathulate to narrowly lanceolate, grey-green, densely fine hirsute, flowers sessile, pentamerous, openly crateriform, anthers blue |
Size | 1-5cm |
Color | pale blue, white |
Bloom | spring |
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 cuttings in late spring |
Synonyms | Chionohebe pulvinaris (Hook.f.) B.J.Briggs & Ehrenb. Pygmea ciliolata var. pumila Ashwin Pygmea pulvinaris Hook.f. Veronica ciliolata var. pumila (Ashwin) Garn.-Jones |
Territory | 5 Australasia 51 New Zealand (NZS New Zealand South) |