Cantua buxifolia

Plant Characteristics
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Cultivation

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Scientific Names

Read about Cantua buxifolia in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture
Cantua buxifolia, Juss. (C. dependens, Pers.). Much-branched shrub, about 4 ft. high; branches more or less downy: lvs. very variable, generally oblong-obovate, acute, tapering at the base, entire or serrate, downy or glabrous: fls. 5-8, drooping vertically, in a kind of leafy, terminal corymb; calyx pale, membranous, green- streaked, 5-toothed, a fourth shorter than the corolla- tube; corolla long-funnel-shaped, the tube 2½ in. long, red, usually streaked; limb of fringed, obcordate, crimson lobes which are much shorter than the tube; stamens included. Peru. Apr., May. B.M. 4582. F.S. 7:650. R.H. 1858, p. 294. R.B. 27:181.—One of the choicest of European greenhouse plants. Very liable to red spider. ^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 It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article.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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