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Plant Characteristics
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Cultivation

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Scientific Names

Read about Daboecia cantabrica in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture
Daboecia cantabrica, Koch (D. polifolia, Don. Boretta cantabrica, Kuntze. Menziesia polifolia, Juss.). Irish Heath. To 2 ft.: branchlets glandular pubescent: Lvs. elliptic, the uppermost narrower, revolute at the margin, whitish tomentose beneath, shining and dark green above,¼-½in. long: racemes many- fld.; corolla ⅓-½ in long, purple in the type. June-Oct. Ireland, W. France, N. Spain, Azores. Gn. 52:344; 71, p. 442; 76, p. 490. Gn. M. 3:336. R.B. 3:121. Gt. 47:1450. S.B.F.G. 2:276.—There are many varieties, as alba, Dipp., with white fls. (Gn. 22, p. 302); bicolor, Dipp. (var. striata, Hort.), with white- and purple-striped fls.; rosea, Rehd. (Boretta cantabrica rosea, Koopmann), with pink fls.; atropurpurea, Dipp., with dark purple fls.; nana, Rehd. (Menziesia polifolia nana, Lodd. M. polifolia pygmaea, Arb. Kew). Dwarf; with small and narrow Lvs. L.B.C. 20:1907. Alfred Rehder. ^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 It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article.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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