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'''''Angelonia''''' is a [[genus (biology)|genus]] of about 30 [[species]] native to [[South America]]. Some species are cultivated as [[ornamental plant]]s for their [[Antirrhinum|snapdragon]]-like flowers.
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Angelonia (South American name, angelón, of one of the species). Scrophulariaceae. Perennial herbs or sub-shrubs, grown in hothouses and conservatories, and in the open far South.
 
Angelonia (South American name, angelón, of one of the species). Scrophulariaceae. Perennial herbs or sub-shrubs, grown in hothouses and conservatories, and in the open far South.
  
 
Plants with the look of alonsoas: Lvs. simple, opposite (or alternate above): fls. showy, blue, irregularly 2-lipped, the upper lip 2-lobed and the lower larger and 3-lpbed; calyx 5-parted or 5-toothed; stamens 4, in pairs; ovary 2-celled. The axillary fls. are in a long, leafy terminal raceme: branches 4-sided.—About two dozen species from Mex. to Brazil. Grown as pot- plants in warm glasshouses and prop, by seeds or softwood cuttings.
 
Plants with the look of alonsoas: Lvs. simple, opposite (or alternate above): fls. showy, blue, irregularly 2-lipped, the upper lip 2-lobed and the lower larger and 3-lpbed; calyx 5-parted or 5-toothed; stamens 4, in pairs; ovary 2-celled. The axillary fls. are in a long, leafy terminal raceme: branches 4-sided.—About two dozen species from Mex. to Brazil. Grown as pot- plants in warm glasshouses and prop, by seeds or softwood cuttings.
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==References==
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*[[Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture]], by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963
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<!--- xxxxx  *Flora: The Gardener's Bible, by Sean Hogan. Global Book Publishing, 2003. ISBN 0881925381  -->
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<!--- xxxxx  *American Horticultural Society: A-Z Encyclopedia of Garden Plants, by Christopher Brickell, Judith D. Zuk. 1996. ISBN 0789419432  -->
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<!--- xxxxx  *Sunset National Garden Book. Sunset Books, Inc., 1997. ISBN 0376038608  -->
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| divisio = [[Flowering plant|Magnoliophyta]]
 
| classis = [[Magnoliopsida]]
 
| ordo = [[Lamiales]]
 
| familia = [[Scrophulariaceae]]
 
|genus = '''''Angelonia'''''
 
|genus_authority = [[Humb.]] & [[Bonpl.]]
 
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'''''Angelonia''''' is a [[genus (biology)|genus]] of about 30 [[species]] native to [[South America]]. Some species are cultivated as [[ornamental plant]]s for their [[Antirrhinum|snapdragon]]-like flowers.
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Angelonia angustifolia


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Angelonia is a genus of about 30 species native to South America. Some species are cultivated as ornamental plants for their snapdragon-like flowers.


Read about Angelonia in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture 

Angelonia (South American name, angelón, of one of the species). Scrophulariaceae. Perennial herbs or sub-shrubs, grown in hothouses and conservatories, and in the open far South.

Plants with the look of alonsoas: Lvs. simple, opposite (or alternate above): fls. showy, blue, irregularly 2-lipped, the upper lip 2-lobed and the lower larger and 3-lpbed; calyx 5-parted or 5-toothed; stamens 4, in pairs; ovary 2-celled. The axillary fls. are in a long, leafy terminal raceme: branches 4-sided.—About two dozen species from Mex. to Brazil. Grown as pot- plants in warm glasshouses and prop, by seeds or softwood cuttings.


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Cultivation

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