Codonopsis
Read about Codonopsis in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture
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Codonopsis (Greek, bell-like, alluding to the shape of the flowers). Campanulaceae. Twining or decumbent perennials, more or less hardy in the open, with showy blue, whitish or greenish flowers. Herbs, with tuberous rhizomes: lvs. alternate or irregularly opposite, petiolate, mostly crenate: fls. axillary or terminal, stalked; calyx-tube hemispherical, the limb 5-parted and the lobes leafy; corolla-tube broadly tubular or bell-shaped, 5-parted (rarely 4- or 6-parted); stamens free, the filaments dilated at base; stigma 3-5-lobed: fr. a dry or somewhat fleshy 3-5-valved caps.—Eighteen or 20 species in Cent, and E. Asia. A few of the species may occur in choice border-collections; they need protection N.
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