Krameria

Plant Characteristics

Cultivation

Scientific Names

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Read about Krameria in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture

Krameria (John George Henry Kramer, of Hungary in the early part of the 18th century). Leguminosae; by some referred to Polygalaceae. Woody plants, or perennial herbs, of minor horticultural value, sometimes grown in the warmhouse, from Trop. Amer., upward of a dozen species. Silky-tomentose: lvs. alternate, small, entire or of 3 lfts.: racemes terminal, carrying red or purplish fls.; sepals 4 or 5, about equal; petals 5, very unequal in sets of 3 and 2, the former long-clawed and connate or rarely free, the 2 orbicular and very much shorter; stamens 4, connate part way, the anthers opening by a pore: fr. 1 -seeded, coriaceous and indehiscent. K. triandra, Ruiz & Pav., of Peru, is probably the most important species horticulturally: small shrub: lvs. alternate or scattered, close together, elliptic or obovate, apiculate, hairy: fls. bright scarlet. This and other species supply the rhatany root of apothecaries. 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 It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article.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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References

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

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