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Cobaea (after Father Cobo, Spanish Jesuit of the seventeenth century, naturalist, and resident of America for many years). Syn. Rosenbergia. Sometimes incorrectly spelled Coboea. Polemoniaceae. Attractive climbers, one or two species commonly grown in the open and under glass for the large bell-shaped flowers.

Shrubby plants climbing by lf.-tendrils, but known in cult. as herbs: lvs. alternate, pinnate: calyx large, 5-parted; corolla bell-shaped, the limb 5-lobed: caps. 3-valved, angled: fls. solitary on long peduncles, bracted at the base.—A genus of about 10 Trop. American climbers (monographed by Brand in Engler's Pflanzenreich, hft. 27, 1907), of which C. scandens, a tender perennial plant, is amongst the dozen most popular vines commonly treated as annuals. This is the only genus of climbers in the order. Prop. by seeds which should be placed in moist earth, edge down. It is a rapid grower.

C. minor. Marten &. Galleotti. A small vine of which little is known, but cult. in Amer. in botanic gardens and fanciers' collections. It has small fls., borne on stalks shorter than the Lvs. Mex.—C. Pringlei, House (Rosenbergia Pringlei, House). A glabrous, high-twining vine: lfts. 6, the basal pair oblong-lanceolate, hastately clasping: peduncles 4-5 in. long; calyx-lobes green, herbaceous, scarcely 1 in. long and half as broad; corolla pure white, 2 in. long; stamens exserted less than ½in. Mex.Wilhelm Miller. N. Taylor. 
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==Cultivation==
Grow in well-drained, sandy soil in full sun. 
===Propagation===
Propagate from seed or cuttings.
===Pests and diseases===
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==Species==
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*Cobaea minor. Marten &. Galleotti. A small vine of which little is known, but cult. in Amer. in botanic gardens and fanciers' collections. It has small fls., borne on stalks shorter than the Lvs. Mex.
*Cobaea Pringlei, House (Rosenbergia Pringlei, House). A glabrous, high-twining vine: lfts. 6, the basal pair oblong-lanceolate, hastately clasping: peduncles 4-5 in. long; calyx-lobes green, herbaceous, scarcely 1 in. long and half as broad; corolla pure white, 2 in. long; stamens exserted less than ½in. Mex.
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==References==
*[[Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture]], by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963
<!--- xxxxx  *Flora: The Gardener's Bible, by Sean Hogan. Global Book Publishing, 2003. ISBN 0881925381  -->
<!--- xxxxx  *American Horticultural Society: A-Z Encyclopedia of Garden Plants, by Christopher Brickell, Judith D. Zuk. 1996. ISBN 0789419432  -->
<!--- xxxxx  *Sunset National Garden Book. Sunset Books, Inc., 1997. ISBN 0376038608  -->

==External links==
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*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cobaea]
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