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Plant Characteristics
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Cultivation

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Scientific Names

Read about Adenostyles in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture
Adenostyles (from aden, a gland, and stylus, a style, in allusion to warty glands of the stigmas). Compositae. A little-known group of hardy perennials, grown for their purplish or whitish flowers, perhaps known in America only in botanic gardens. Leaves alternate or radical, usually broad, the petiole frequently dilated into a stipule-like, st.-clasping base; fls. in medium-sized heads, the fls. all tubular, long, exserted; involucre cylindric or bell-shaped, its bracts small and unequal.—There are only 5 species, all natives of Cent. S. Eu. None is of horticultural importance. May be grown in the open border. Prop. is by seed and division. ^CH 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 It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article.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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