Difference between revisions of "Lidbeckia"

Latest revision as of 13:12, 13 July 2009

Plant Characteristics
Origin:	✈	?

Cultivation

Exposure:	☼	?"?" is not in the list (sun, part-sun, shade, unknown) of allowed values for the "Exposure" property.
Water:	◍	?"?" is not in the list (wet, moist, moderate, dry, less when dormant) of allowed values for the "Water" property.

Scientific Names

Read about Lidbeckia in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture
Lidbeckia (Eric Gustavius Lidbeck, Swedish botanist; published about 1750-1760). Compositae. Two S. African subshrubs or semi-herbaceous plants, sometimes grown in greenhouses and suitable for the open far S. leaves alternate, lobed or pinnatifid: peduncles 1-headed, the disk yellow and rays white; ray-florets neuter; disk-florets perfect, tubular; receptacle flattish; bracts of involucre in 2-3 series: achene glabrous, wingless and without pappus but crowned by a cylindrical nectary. Propogation by seeds when procurable, and by cuttings. L. lobata, Thunb. (Colula lobata, Hort. C. quinqueloba, Linn, f.), is silky villous, 1-2 ft. high: leaves petiolate, 3-5-lobed, the lobes broad-oblong and mucronate: involucre very hairy. L. pectinata, Bergius, is glabrate or sparingly pubescent, 2-3 ft. high: leaves nearly sessile, oblong, pinnatifid, glaucous beneath: heads larger than in the last, resembling Chrysanthemum Leucanthemum, the peduncles 1-3 in. long. ^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 It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article.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.

Do you have cultivation info on this plant? Edit this section!

Do you have propagation info on this plant? Edit this section!

Do you have pest and disease info on this plant? Edit this section!

If you have a photo of this plant, please upload it! Plus, there may be other photos available for you to add.

w:Lidbeckia. Some of the material on this page may be from Wikipedia, under the Creative Commons license.
Lidbeckia QR Code (Size 50, 100, 200, 500)

This article is a stub. You can help Gardenology.org by expanding it.