Pfaffia

Plant Characteristics
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Cultivation

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Scientific Names

Read about Pfaffia in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture
Pfaffia (C. H. Piaff, 1774-1852, German chemist). Amarantaceae. Slender perennial herbs from Trop. and extra-Trop. S. Amer., tomentose or villous, rarely gla-brate: lvs. opposite, sessile or nearly so, entire: heads or spikes densely fld.; bracts and bractlets transparent: fls. usually in solitary long-peduncled heads, bracteate and with 2 bractlets; perianth 5-parted; staminal tube long, 5-cut to the middle, the anther-bearing teeth ciliate at the margin; stigma discoid or head-like, entire or 2-lobed.—Species about 20, one of which is known more or less in gardens, although it is not certain whether the plants that have been in the trade are properly named. ^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 It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article.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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