Veronica salicifolia G.Forst.

Véronique à feuilles de Saule (fr), Véronique à feuilles de saule (fr), Hébé à feuilles de saule (fr)

Species

Angiosperms > Lamiales > Plantaginaceae > Veronica

Characteristics

A perennial hermaphrodite evergreen shrub. It grows 4.5m high.
Life form perennial
Growth form shrub
Growth support -
Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination entomogamy
Spread -
Mature width (meter) 1.5 - 2.5
Mature height (meter) 4.5
Root system -
Rooting depth (meter) -
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color
Blooming months -
Fruit color -
Fruiting months -
Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway c3

Environment

Light 5-9
Soil humidity 4-6
Soil texture 3-6
Soil acidity 4-8
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 7-9

Usage

Uses medicinal
Edible -
Therapeutic use Diarrhea (unspecified), Dysentery (unspecified)
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Can be grown by cuttings or seedlings.
Mode cuttings seedlings
Germination duration (days) 15 - 30
Germination temperacture (C°) 21
Germination luminosity light
Germination treatment -
Minimum temperature (C°) -
Optimum temperature (C°) -
Size -
Vigor -
Productivity -

Distribution

Veronica salicifolia world distribution map, present in Bolivia (Plurinational State of), Chile, Colombia, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, New Zealand, and Portugal

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:812616-1
WFO ID wfo-0000425235
COL ID 5B7BJ
BDTFX ID 80848
INPN ID 945616
Wikipedia (EN) Link
Wikipedia (FR)

Synonyms

Panoxis salicifolia Veronica salicifolia Hebe salicifolia Hebe fonkii Veronica lindleyana Veronica fonkii