Guichenotia

Plant Characteristics

Cultivation

Scientific Names

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Read about Guichenotia in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture
Guichenotia (Antoine Guichenot, French gardener, according to some; from Guichen Bay, New Holland, according to others). Sterculiacese. A few tomentose shrubs in extra-tropical Austral., little known in cult, as greenhouse shrubs. Lvs. narrow and entire, revolute, with leafy stipules: fls. small, in simple racemes opposite the lvs.; petals 5, small and scale-like; stamens 5; ovary 5-celled, the style simple: fr. a short 5-valved caps. &. ledifolia, Gay, has several white fls. in the raceme: lvs. oblong-linear, obtuse: calyx 1/3 in. or less long. G. macrdntha, Turcz., has much larger purplish fls. in racemes of 2 or 3. B.M. 4651. J.F. 3:279. L.H.B. The above text is from the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture. It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article. Click on "Collapse" in the header to hide this text.

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