Deinanthe
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Read about Deinanthe in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture
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Deinanthe (Greek extraordinary, referring to the flowers being large for the group). Saxifragaceae. Herbs or sub-shrubs of 2 species, 1 in Japan and 1 in China, at least the Chinese species haying been offered in England. Of the Hydrangea tribe, allied to Cardiandra, but lvs. opposite rather than alternate and style 1-5-forked rather than 3 and separate. D. caerulea, Stapf, from China, is a perennial herb, 1-1½ ft. high, with horizontal stout rootstock, the solitary st., from the tip of the rootstock: lvs. about 4 at the top of the st., ovate or broad-elliptic, sharply toothed: fls. sterile and fertile, the former few, the fertile much larger and nodding, the petals bright blue, stamens blue, all constituting a terminal panicle. B.M. 8373. D. bifida, Maxim., has creamy white or pure white fls. with yellow stamens, a different mil., and lvs. deeply bifid at apex. L. H. B. CH
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References
- Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963
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