Melianthus pectinatus

Plant Characteristics

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Read about Melianthus pectinatus in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture

Melianthus pectinatus, Harv. (M. Trimenianus, Hook. f.). Rigid shrub, with densely set pectinate-pinnate lvs. on short twigs, the rachis winged: 1fts. 8-10 pairs, linear, entire, with revolute margins, white-tomentose beneath: fls. dull red, in more or less whorled racemes, the peduncles purple; petals 4, long-clawed; upper calyx-segm. cuspidate. B.M. 6557. G.W. 4, p. 39. 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 It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article.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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References

• Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963

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