Villarsia

Plant Characteristics

Cultivation

Scientific Names

Read about Villarsia in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture
Villarsia (named for Dominique Villars, 1745-1814). Gentianaceae. Marsh-loving herbs, suitable for greenhouse cult.: sts. simple and leafless or somewhat branched and few-lvd.: lvs. radical, long-petioled, entire or irregularly sinuate-dentate: cymes usually many-fld., sometimes laxly paniculate, sometimes corymbosely congested or capitate and involucrate: fls. yellow or white; calyx 5-parted or deeply 5-cleft, segms. lanceolate; corolla broadly campanulate or rather rotate; stamens 5: caps. 1-celled, subglobose, apex 4-valved.—About 10 species, S. Afr. and Austral. V. reniformis, R. Br. (Menyanthes exaltata, Sims. M. sarmentosa, Sims). From 6 in. to 3 ft. high: lvs. in a dense tuft on long petioles, ovate, orbicular or reniform, more or less cordate, entire or slightly sinuate- dentate, mostly 1-2 in. long: fls. yellow; corolla 3/4- 1 in. across, lobes copiously fringed or bearded at the base inside. Austral. B.M. 1029; 1328. R.H. 1909, p. 125. 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 It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article.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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