Spigelia

Plant Characteristics
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Cultivation

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Scientific Names

Read about Spigelia in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture
Spigelia (named for Adrian von der Spigel, physician, 1558-1625). Loganiaceae. Annual or perennial herbs, some hardy, the others either warmhouse or greenhouse plants, rarely somewhat woody, with opposite membranous feather-veined rarely 3-5-nerved lvs., and long or small, red, yellow, or purplish fls. usually borne in terminal one-sided somewhat curved spikes: calyx 5-lobed; segms. narrow; corolla tubular; lobes 5, valvate; stamens 5, attached to the corolla-tube; ovary 2-loculed; style articulated, simple, obtuse or somewhat capitate and stigmatose at the summit: caps. flattened, circumscissile above the persistent base. — About 50 species, Amer. S. splendens, Hort., grows 1 1/2 ft. high: lvs. 4-5 in. long, contracted to a short petiole, obovate-oblong: fls. bright scarlet, 1 in. or more long, in recurved spikes. July. Mex. and Guatemala. B.M. 5268. G.W. 2, p. 417; 7, p. 362. ^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 It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article.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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