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| |genus=Nolana | | |genus=Nolana |
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| + | '''''Nolana''''' ('''Chilean Bell Flower''') is a genus of [[annual plant|hard annual]] or [[perennial plant]]s in the [[Solanaceae|Nightshade]] [[family (biology)|family]], which is native of costal areas in [[Chile]] and [[Peru]]. |
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| Nolana (from nola, a little bell; referring to the shape of the corolla). Nolanaceae. Prostrate annual herbs with showy blue flowers opening only in sunshine, valued chiefly for covering poor or rocky places. | | Nolana (from nola, a little bell; referring to the shape of the corolla). Nolanaceae. Prostrate annual herbs with showy blue flowers opening only in sunshine, valued chiefly for covering poor or rocky places. |
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| ==Varieties== | | ==Varieties== |
| + | There are a number of [[synonymy|synonyms]] for ''Nolana'': ''Alibrexia'', ''Aplocarya'', ''Bargemontia'', ''Dolia'', ''Gubleria'', ''Leloutrea'', ''Neudorfia'', ''Osteocarpus'', ''Pachysolen'', ''Periloba'', ''Rayera'', ''Sorema'', ''Teganium'', ''Tula'', ''Velpeaulia'', ''Walberia'', and ''Zwingera''. |
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| + | Select species included: |
| + | *''[[Nolana acuminata]]'' |
| + | *''[[Nolana tenella]]'' |
| + | *''[[Nolana atriplicifolia]]'' |
| + | *''[[Nolana crassulifolia]]'' |
| + | *''[[Nolana humifusa]]'' |
| + | *''[[Nolana prostrata]]'' |
| + | *''[[Nolana rupicola]]'' |
| + | *''[[Nolana sedifolia]]'' |
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| ==Gallery== | | ==Gallery== |