Lycianthes rantonnetii
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Read about Lycianthes rantonnetii in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture
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Solanum rantonnetii, Carr. (incorrectly spelled S. Rantonnei, Rantonni, etc.) (S. muticum, N. E. Br. S. japonicum, Hort.). An erect bushy grayish green half-shrub, growing 3-5 ft. high, the st. marked with raised lines decurrent from the petioles: lvs. entire, lanceolate or ovate-lanceolate, narrowed to the petiole, mostly acute at the apex, glabrous or inconspicuously pubescent on the upper surface, pubescent with short hairs below: fls. 2-5, together in the axils, 1 in. or more diam.; calyx-lobes with an abrupt linear point, corolla violet with a light yellow center: the red fr. nearly or quite 1 in. diam., heart-shaped, drooping, and very ornamental. Margins of woods in Paraguay and Argentina. Cult. in warm temperate regions of Amer. and Eu. R.H. 1859, p. 135. Gt. 43:1401. — An excellent plant for blooming in the open in summer. Easily prop. by means of cuttings. CH
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References
- Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963
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