Craterostigma

Plant Characteristics
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Cultivation

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Scientific Names

Read about Craterostigma in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture
Craterostigma (Greek, referring to character of stigma). Scrophulariaceae. Torenia-like perennial low nearly stemless herbs of E. and S. Afr., sometimes grown under glass. Lvs. radical, plantago-like, many- nerved, entire: fls. lilac and purple, spicate, racemose or even solitary; calyx tubular, 5-ribbed and narrowly 5-toothed; corolla tubular, 5-ribbed and 5-toothed, the tube enlarged toward the top, the limb 2-lipped, the dorsal lip concave and entire or emarginate, the other large and spreading and 3-lobed; stamens 4 and perfect, in unequal pairs; style filiform, 2-lobed and dilated at apex: fr. an oblong caps, included in the calyx. Differs from Torenia in technical floral characters and in being nearly or quite stemless and with only radical Lvs.—About 4 species. C. pumilum, Hochst. (Torknia auriculaefolia, Dombr.) has fls. on slender pedicels ½-1¼ in-long, the corolla-lobes pale lilac blotched with purple and veined with white: Lvs. sessile, ovate, in a basal rosette, pubescent beneath and nearly glabrous above. E. Africa. F.M. 10:534.—A stemless perennial. L. H. B. ^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 It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article.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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