Morina

Plant Characteristics

Cultivation

Scientific Names

Morina >

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Read about Morina in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture

Morina (Louis Morin, a French botanist. 1636- 1715). Dipsaceae. Perennial herbs, suitable for borders and rock-gardens. Somewhat thistle-like or resembling spiny plants of the Labiatae, glabrous or pubescent: lvs. opposite or whorled, narrowly oblong or linear, mostly spinoustoothed: fls. whorled in spikes, the whorls with wide If.-like bracts, and with spinous bracteoles among the fls.; calyx 2-lipped, the lips entire or 2-lobed; corolla 5-lobed and somewhat 2-labiate, the tube curved; stamens 2 or 4, and sometimes a sterile one.—About 10 species, in Asia, allied to Cephalaria and Dipsacus. 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 It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article.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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References

• Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963

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