Phelypaea

Plant Characteristics
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Cultivation

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Scientific Names

Read about Phelypaea in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture
Phelypaea (after Louis and Hier. Phelipeaux). Also spelled Phelipaea. Orobanchaceae. Herbs, puber- ulent or glabrous, from a thick short few-scaled base: scapes simple, elongated, remotely few-scaled or the elongated peduncles naked, scape-like, always 1-fld., bractless; calyx 5-parted, broad-campanulate, lobes acute, unequal; corolla-tube broadly ventricose, incurved, limb sub-2-labiate, with 5 broadly rounded not very unequal lobes, anterior lip at base gibbous or with 2 broad glandulose-pubescent spots; stamens included; ovary with 4 placentae: fr. a perfect 2-valved acute, ovate caps.—About 5 species, chiefly in the Orient, but also in N. Afr. and Asia. P. foliata, Lamb. Parasitic leafless herb 1-1 1/2 ft. high: sts. simple, rather stout, glandular-puberulous, reddish: fl. solitary, terminal, ebracteate; calyx campanulate, unequally 5-lobed, usually somewhat 2-lipped, lobes oblong or ovate, deep red or chestnut-brown; corolla ringent, tube widely and obliquely campanulate, orange flushed with red outside, limb 2-lipped, reddish yellow outside, brilliant crimson within, the throat with 2 black hirsute spots: fr. a wide ovate caps, nearly 1/2in. long. Caucasus. It has been raised in botanic gardens in Eu. F. Tracy Hubbard. ^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 It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article.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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References

Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963

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