Wigandia urens var. caracasana

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Read about Wigandia urens var. caracasana in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture
Wigandia caracasana, HBK. Erect robust sub-shrub, up to 9 ft. high, softly golden or silky-pubescent: lvs. rather long-petioled, ovate, obtuse, base subcordate, 18 x 10 in., coarsely, doubly and irregularly crenate, white-tomentose beneath: infl. golden silky-pubescent, terminal, elongate, strict (a thyrsoid cincinnus): corolla violet, tube white: caps. equaling or a little longer than the calyx. S. Mex. to Venezuela and Colombia. Var. macrophylla, Brand (W. macrophylla, Cham. & Schlecht.), ia a larger-lvd. form which also grows rather taller than the type and has the infl. white-silky-pubescent.— It is the Mexican form of the species and the one mostly in cult. 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 It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article.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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