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| − | + | | name = ''LATINNAME'' <!--- replace LATINNAME with the actual latin name --> | |
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| − | | | + | | growth_habit = ? <!--- tree, shrub, herbaceous, vine, etc --> |
| − | | | + | | high = ? <!--- 1m (3 ft) --> |
| − | | | + | | wide = <!--- 65cm (25 inches) --> |
| − | | | + | | origin = ? <!--- Mexico, S America, S Europe, garden, etc --> |
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| − | | | + | | water = ? <!--- frequent, regular, moderate, drought tolerant, let dry then soak --> |
| − | | | + | | features = <!--- flowers, fragrance, fruit, naturalizes, invasive --> |
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| + | | bloom = <!--- seasons which the plant blooms, if it is grown for its flowers --> | ||
| + | | usda_zones = ? <!--- eg. 8-11 --> | ||
| + | | sunset_zones = <!--- eg. 8, 9, 12-24, not available --> | ||
| + | | color = IndianRed | ||
| + | | image = Upload.png <!--- Freesia.jpg --> | ||
| + | | image_width = 240px <!--- leave as 240px if horizontal orientation photo, or change to 180px if vertical --> | ||
| + | | image_caption = <!--- eg. Cultivated freesias --> | ||
| + | | regnum = Plantae | ||
| + | | divisio = Magnoliophyta | ||
| + | | classis = Magnoliopsida | ||
| + | | ordo = Lamiales | ||
| + | | familia = Acanthaceae | ||
| + | | genus = Lepidagathis | ||
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| + | Lepidagathis (Greek, scale and ball, in allusion to the curved infl.). Acanthaceae. Tropical herbs and shrubs; one is in horticultural literature as a warm-house evergreen shrub. It is L. cristata, Willd., in Trop. India, with purplish flowers, linear or oblong nearly glabrous leaves and spinose-acuminate bracts and bracteoles: flowers in globose clusters or heads near the base of the plant; corolla 1/3 in. long, in bud densely hairy, white with purple or brown spots: sts. 6-24 in., procumbent. Lepidagathis has about 50 species, of which two are in the American tropics and the others in the Old World. | ||
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| + | ==Cultivation== | ||
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| + | ===Pests and diseases=== | ||
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| + | ==Species== | ||
| + | Selected species: | ||
| + | * ''[[Lepidagathis riedeliana]]'' | ||
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| + | ==Gallery== | ||
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| + | Image:Upload.png| photo 1 | ||
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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 --> | ||
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Latest revision as of 15:27, 13 July 2009
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Read about Lepidagathis in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture
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Lepidagathis (Greek, scale and ball, in allusion to the curved infl.). Acanthaceae. Tropical herbs and shrubs; one is in horticultural literature as a warm-house evergreen shrub. It is L. cristata, Willd., in Trop. India, with purplish flowers, linear or oblong nearly glabrous leaves and spinose-acuminate bracts and bracteoles: flowers in globose clusters or heads near the base of the plant; corolla 1/3 in. long, in bud densely hairy, white with purple or brown spots: sts. 6-24 in., procumbent. Lepidagathis has about 50 species, of which two are in the American tropics and the others in the Old World. CH
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References
- Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963
External links
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