Homogyne

Plant Characteristics

Cultivation

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Read about Homogyne in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture
Homogyne (from homos, similar, and gyne, female, because of similarity of male and female fls.). Compositae, A small and little-known group of hardy perennials grown for their attractive white or purple heads of showy flowers. Leaves more or less white-woolly, radical broad, cordate or sometimes sinuate-dentate, usually smaller than those in Tussilago and Petasites, to which the genus is related: scapes 1-2-headed, usually all of disk- ns.: achenes linear, 5-10-ribbed.-—There are only 3 known species, all from the mountains of Cent. Eu., and they prefer moist garden borders in cult. Prop, by division in spring. Perhaps not in cult, in Amer. 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 It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article.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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