Phyteuma comosum

Plant Characteristics
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Scientific Names

Read about Phyteuma comosum in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture
Phyteuma comosum, Linn. Fig. 2938. The only species in the genus with umbellate infl., and in which the corollas are not finally split at the apex. A decumbent unbranched glabrous plant, 3-6 in. high, native to the Alps: fls. pale lilac below, darker purple above: roots thick and fleshy, stoutly lodged in the fissures of rocks: lvs. cordate-ovate or those on the st. lanceolate, coarsely toothed: the 2-lobed styles are long-protruded. B.M. 6478. G.C. II. 14:177. Gn. 18, p. 245, copied in Gn. 28, p. 91; 44, p. 554, and R.H. 1882, p. 452. Gn. 63, p. 39. J.H. IIL 52:364. G.W. 8, p. 597. G.C. II. 26:81, copied in I.H. 34:11. Said by Correvon to demand a fissure in a wall or face of lime-rock. A handsome species. ^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 It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article.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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