Difference between revisions of "Lycianthes rantonnetii"

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Plant Characteristics
Height:	⇕	6 ft"ft" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 6.
Width:	⇔	7 ft"ft" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 7.

Scientific Names
Solanaceae >	Lycianthes >	rantonnetii >

Plant Characteristics
Origin:	✈	?

Cultivation

Exposure:	☼	?"?" is not in the list (sun, part-sun, shade, unknown) of allowed values for the "Exposure" property.
Water:	◍	?"?" is not in the list (wet, moist, moderate, dry, less when dormant) of allowed values for the "Water" property.

Scientific Names

Read about Lycianthes rantonnetii in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture
Solanum rantonnetii, Carr. (incorrectly spelled S. Rantonnei, Rantonni, etc.) (S. muticum, N. E. Br. S. japonicum, Hort.). An erect bushy grayish green half-shrub, growing 3-5 ft. high, the st. marked with raised lines decurrent from the petioles: lvs. entire, lanceolate or ovate-lanceolate, narrowed to the petiole, mostly acute at the apex, glabrous or inconspicuously pubescent on the upper surface, pubescent with short hairs below: fls. 2-5, together in the axils, 1 in. or more diam.; calyx-lobes with an abrupt linear point, corolla violet with a light yellow center: the red fr. nearly or quite 1 in. diam., heart-shaped, drooping, and very ornamental. Margins of woods in Paraguay and Argentina. Cult. in warm temperate regions of Amer. and Eu. R.H. 1859, p. 135. Gt. 43:1401. — An excellent plant for blooming in the open in summer. Easily prop. by means of cuttings. ^CH 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 It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article.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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