Ourisia macrophylla

Plant Characteristics

Cultivation

Scientific Names

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Read about Ourisia macrophylla in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture

Ourisia macrophylla, Hook. (0. robusta, Col.). To 2 ft. high, from a short decumbent rhizome, mostly somewhat hairy: radical Lvs. long-petioled, the blade 1-5 in. long and ovate to orbicular-oblong, crenate, thinnish; st.- Lvs. only 1 or 2 pairs, sessile: fls. large (to ¾ in. diam.), white or with purplish streaks, in whorls or sometimes in a few-fld. umbel; corolla villous within, the lobes obovate and retuse. New Zeal. B.M. 8295. G.C. III. 45:390. J.H. 111.66:583. Gn. 73, p. 435. G. 34:641.— A good plant for blooming under glass in spring. 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 It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article.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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