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Plant Characteristics

Cultivation

Scientific Names

Read about Rehmannia in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture
Rehmannia (Jos. Rehinann, 1799-1831).Scro-phulariaceae. Phulariaceae. Perennial viscous-villous herbs suitable for the cool greenhouse, grown for the showy bloom. Stems leafy, branched from the base, either low, scapiform and almost leafless, or (especially in cult.)tall and few-lvd.: lvs.:lvs. alternate, obovate or oblong, coarsely dentate: fls. rather large, borne in terminal racemes and short-pedicelled, brownish purple or pale, the throat intensely colored; calyx ovoid-campanulate, 5-cleft at the top; corolla pilose, slightly incurved, tube rather broadly subventricose, limb obliquely 2-lobed, the lobes spread, the rear or inner one deeply 2-cleft, the front one 3-cleft; stamens 4:caps. broad, partly included in the calyx; seeds numerous.- About 5 species, China and Japan. 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 It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article.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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