Difference between revisions of "Acanthus spinosus"
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| + | |familia=Acanthaceae | ||
| + | |genus=Acanthus | ||
| + | |species=spinosus | ||
| + | |habit=herbaceous | ||
| + | |habit_ref=Flora - A Gardener's Encyclopedia | ||
| + | |Max ht box=36 | ||
| + | |Max ht metric=in | ||
| + | |height_ref=Flora - A Gardener's Encyclopedia | ||
| + | |Min wd box=40 | ||
| + | |Min wd metric=in | ||
| + | |Max wd box=60 | ||
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| + | |width_ref=Flora - A Gardener's Encyclopedia | ||
| + | |features=flowers, ground cover | ||
| + | |flower_season=early summer, mid summer, late summer | ||
| + | |flower_ref=Flora - A Gardener's Encyclopedia | ||
| + | |flowers=red, pink, white | ||
| + | |Temp Metric=°F | ||
| + | |min_zone=6 | ||
| + | |usda_ref=Flora - A Gardener's Encyclopedia | ||
| + | |max_zone=10 | ||
| + | |image=Upload.png | ||
| + | |image_width=240 | ||
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Revision as of 13:49, 7 September 2010
| Habit | herbaceous
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| Height: | ⇕ | 36 in"in" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 36. |
| Width: | ⇔ | 40 in"in" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 40. to 60 in"in" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 60. |
| Bloom: | ❀ | early summer, mid summer, late summer |
| Features: | ✓ | flowers, ground cover |
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| USDA Zones: | 6 to 10 | |
| Flower features: | ❀ | red, pink, white |
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Acanthus > |
spinosus > |
| Origin: | ✈ | ? |
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| Exposure: | ☼ | ?"?" is not in the list (sun, part-sun, shade, unknown) of allowed values for the "Exposure" property. |
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| Water: | ◍ | ?"?" is not in the list (wet, moist, moderate, dry, less when dormant) of allowed values for the "Water" property. |
Read about Acanthus spinosus in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture
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Acanthus spinosus, Linn. Fig. 86. Lvs. lanceolate, pinnatifid, pubescent; spines short, whitish: fls. smaller than in the last, purplish, summer; spikes dense, slightly villous. B.M. 1808. Gn. 8:147. CH
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Varieties
Spinosissimus group (syn. Acanthus spinosissimus, Desf.) Lvs. dark green, pinnately parted; spines glistening, whitish: fls. infrequent, rosy, sessile: autumn; spikes loose, pilose or glabrescent: S. Eu. Grows 3-4 feet, ft. high: lvs. sessile, spines of the bracts recurved.
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References
- Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963
External links
- w:Acanthus spinosus. Some of the material on this page may be from Wikipedia, under the Creative Commons license.
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