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'''''Francoa''''' is a [[genus]] of the [[Francoaceae]] [[family (biology)|family]] which consists of [[herb]]s endemic to [[Chile]]. Plants may grow up to one metre high and produce basal clumps of round, deeply lobed, dark green, fuzzy leaves with winged leafstalks. Compact [[raceme]]s of small, cup-shaped flowers, which are pink with red markings, appear in summer and early fall.
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Francoa (Fr. Franco, Valencia, sixteenth century, promotor of botany). Saxifragaceae. It include only the species '''''Francoa sonchifolia'''''{{wp}}. Chilean perennial herb, with lyrate leaves and terminal dense racemes of white or pink flowers borne in summer, suitable for outdoor planting in mild climates.
 
Francoa (Fr. Franco, Valencia, sixteenth century, promotor of botany). Saxifragaceae. It include only the species '''''Francoa sonchifolia'''''{{wp}}. Chilean perennial herb, with lyrate leaves and terminal dense racemes of white or pink flowers borne in summer, suitable for outdoor planting in mild climates.
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Latest revision as of 20:39, 3 August 2010


Bridal wreath


Plant Characteristics
Habit   herbaceous

Height: ⇕ 24 in"in" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 24.
Width: ⇔ 18 in"in" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 18. to 24 in"in" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 24.
Lifespan: ⌛ perennial, annual
Origin: ✈ Chile
Bloom: ❀ early summer, mid summer, late summer
Cultivation
Exposure: ☼ sun, part-sun
Features: ✓ flowers
USDA Zones: 7 to 10
Flower features: ❀ red, pink, white
Scientific Names

Francoa >

sonchifolia >


Francoa is a genus of the Francoaceae family which consists of herbs endemic to Chile. Plants may grow up to one metre high and produce basal clumps of round, deeply lobed, dark green, fuzzy leaves with winged leafstalks. Compact racemes of small, cup-shaped flowers, which are pink with red markings, appear in summer and early fall.


Read about Francoa sonchifolia in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture 

Francoa (Fr. Franco, Valencia, sixteenth century, promotor of botany). Saxifragaceae. It include only the species Francoa sonchifoliawp. Chilean perennial herb, with lyrate leaves and terminal dense racemes of white or pink flowers borne in summer, suitable for outdoor planting in mild climates.

Plants erect, scapose, the lvs. basal or nearly so. 2-3 ft. high, and in the N. could perhaps be wintered in a coldframe; glandular-pilose or tomentose; rhizome thick, many-headed: lvs. glandular-dentate; fls. 1 in. across, in racemes 6 in. long; floral parts in 4's rarely 5's; petals obovate, clawed; stamens 4; caps. coriaceous, elongated, 4-angled and 4-celled. CH


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