Codariocalyx motorius

Plant Characteristics

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Cultivation

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Scientific Names

Read about Codariocalyx motorius in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture

Desmodium gyrans, DC. Telegraph Plant. Undershrub, 2-4 ft. high, with 3 oblong or elliptic lfts., the small lateral ones (which are almost linear) moving in various directions when the temperature is congenial, and especially in the sunshine: fls. purple or violet, in racemes and terminal racemose panicles. Ceylon to the Himalayas and the Philippines.—Grown occasionally as a curiosity, particularly in botanical collections. See Darwin's "Power of Movement in Plants," and various botanical treatises, for fuller accounts. L. H. B. 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 It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article.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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References

• Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963

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