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{{Taxobox
{{Taxobox
| color = lightgreen
| color = lightgreen
| common_names = Freesia
| common_names = Petunia
| growth_habit = [[Corm]]
| growth_habit = xx
| high = 40cm
| high = xx
| wide = 15cm
| wide = xx
| lifespan = [[Perennial]]
| lifespan = xx
| exposure = Sun, Indoors
| exposure = xx
| features = Flowers, Fragrance, Naturalizes
| features = xx
| hardiness = Frost sensitive
| hardiness = xx
| usda_zones = 8-11
| usda_zones = xx
| sunset_zones = 8, 9, 12-24
| sunset_zones = xx
| name = ''Petunia''
| name = ''Petunia''
| image = Pink_petunias.jpg
| image = Pink_petunias.jpg
| image_width = 240px
| image_width = 240px
| image_caption = Cultivated freesias
| image_caption = Petunias
}}
}}
'''''Petunia''''' is a, trumpet shaped, widely-cultivated [[genus]] of [[flowering plant]]s of South American origin, in the family [[Solanaceae]]. Most of the varieties seen in gardens are hybrids (''Petunia x hybrida''). A wide range of flower colors, sizes, and plant architectures are available in both the hybrid and open-pollinated species.
'''''Petunia''''' is a, trumpet shaped, widely-cultivated [[genus]] of [[flowering plant]]s of South American origin, in the family [[Solanaceae]]. Most of the varieties seen in gardens are hybrids (''Petunia x hybrida''). A wide range of flower colors, sizes, and plant architectures are available in both the hybrid and open-pollinated species.
==Uses==
==Uses==
Decorative flowering plant.
==History==
==History==
==Taxonomy==
==Taxonomy==
{{Taxbox
| color = lightgreen
| regnum = [[Plantae]]
| divisio = [[Flowering plant|Magnoliophyta]]
| classis = [[Liliopsida]]
| ordo = [[Asparagales]]
| familia = [[Iridaceae]]
| genus = '''''Freesia'''''
| genus_authority = [[Friedrich Wilhelm Klatt|Klatt]]
| subdivision_ranks = Species
| subdivision =
See text.
}}
Some botanists place the plants of the genus ''[[Calibrachoa]]'' in the genus ''Petunia''. Botanically speaking, tobacco, tomato, potato, and petunia are all in the family Solanaceae.
Some botanists place the plants of the genus ''[[Calibrachoa]]'' in the genus ''Petunia''. Botanically speaking, tobacco, tomato, potato, and petunia are all in the family Solanaceae.
