Acanthus spinosus
Habit | herbaceous
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Height: | ⇕ | 36 in"in" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 36. |
Width: | ⇔ | 40 in"in" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 40. to 60 in"in" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 60. |
Lifespan: | ⌛ | perennial |
Bloom: | ❀ | early summer, mid summer, late summer |
Features: | ✓ | flowers, ground cover |
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USDA Zones: | 6 to 10 | |
Flower features: | ❀ | red, pink, white |
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Read about Acanthus spinosus in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture
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Acanthus spinosus, Linn. Lvs. lanceolate, pinnatifid, pubescent; spines short, whitish: fls. smaller than in the last, purplish, summer; spikes dense, slightly villous.CH
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Varieties
Spinosissimus group (syn. Acanthus spinosissimus, Desf.) Lvs. dark green, pinnately parted; spines glistening, whitish: fls. infrequent, rosy, sessile: autumn; spikes loose, pilose or glabrescent: S. Eu. Grows 3-4 feet, ft. high: lvs. sessile, spines of the bracts recurved.
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References
- Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963
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