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| + | '''''Browallia speciosa''''' is a blue-violet annual flowering plant also called the Amethyst Flower or Bush Violet. It is much used as a garden ornamental. | ||
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| − | Browallia speciosa, Hook | + | Browallia speciosa, Hook. Lvs. sometimes opposite, sometimes alternate: fls. much larger than in B. grandiflora, all solitary, axillary; peduncle shorter than the Lvs.; corolla-tube thrice as long as the calyx, and abruptly swollen at the top beneath the limb; limb of 5 ovate, striated, dark purple segms., pale lilac beneath. Columbia. —There are blue-, violet- and white-fld. varieties. Var. major, Hort., has violet fls. 2 in. across. B. giganta, Hort., is a florists' variety, with very deep blue fls. and long-blooming habit. |
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| Habit | herbaceous
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| Lifespan: | ⌛ | annual |
| Features: | ✓ | flowers |
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| Flower features: | ❀ | blue, purple |
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Browallia speciosa is a blue-violet annual flowering plant also called the Amethyst Flower or Bush Violet. It is much used as a garden ornamental.
Read about Browallia speciosa in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture
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Browallia speciosa, Hook. Lvs. sometimes opposite, sometimes alternate: fls. much larger than in B. grandiflora, all solitary, axillary; peduncle shorter than the Lvs.; corolla-tube thrice as long as the calyx, and abruptly swollen at the top beneath the limb; limb of 5 ovate, striated, dark purple segms., pale lilac beneath. Columbia. —There are blue-, violet- and white-fld. varieties. Var. major, Hort., has violet fls. 2 in. across. B. giganta, Hort., is a florists' variety, with very deep blue fls. and long-blooming habit.
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Cultivation
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References
- Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963
External links
- w:Browallia speciosa. Some of the material on this page may be from Wikipedia, under the Creative Commons license.
- Browallia speciosa QR Code (Size 50, 100, 200, 500)
