Seemannia

Plant Characteristics
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Scientific Names

Read about Seemannia in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture
Seemannia (named for Berthold Seemann, 1825-1871). Gesneriaceae. Strigose-pubescent perennial herbs with rhizomes, suitable for the warmhouse: sts. stout, simple: lvs. verticillate, in 3's or 4's, very short-petioled, frequently canescent below; the upper ones reduced to bracts: pedicels solitary in the axils: fls. red-purple: calyx-tube turbinate, adnate, lobes 5, narrow; corolla-tube bent downward, broadly and obliquely subcampanulate, the limb with very short erect-spreading lobes; disk annular, undulate and not divided; ovary almost entirely inferior: caps. nearly inferior.—Two species, S. Amer. S. silvatica, Hanst. (S. ternifolia, Regel). Plant 3-4 ft. high: lvs. 3-4 in a whorl, very shortly petioled: fls. solitary, bright scarlet; calyx with 5 narrow lobes; corolla short-gibbous at base. Winter. Peru. Gt. 4, p. 182. ^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 It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article.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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