Begonia dregei

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Read about Begonia dregei in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture

Begonia dregei, Otto & Dietr. (B. caffra Meisn. B. parvifolia, Grab. B. reniformis, Hort.). Glabrous: sts. succulent, annual, 1-3 ft. high: from a Footstalk a fleshy irregular tuber: Lvs. thin, small, oblique-ovate, green, deeply serrated, reddish on the underside: fls. white, small, profuse. Cape of Good Hope. B.M. 3720. —Received at Botanic Gardens, Edinburgh in 1836 from Berlin. A useful free-flowering greenhouse plant. 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 It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article.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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