Daboecia cantabrica


Daboecia cantabrica


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Read about Daboecia cantabrica in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture 

Daboecia cantabrica, Koch (D. polifolia, Don. Boretta cantabrica, Kuntze. Menziesia polifolia, Juss.). Irish Heath. To 2 ft.: branchlets glandular pubescent: Lvs. elliptic, the uppermost narrower, revolute at the margin, whitish tomentose beneath, shining and dark green above,¼-½in. long: racemes many- fld.; corolla ⅓-½ in long, purple in the type. June-Oct. Ireland, W. France, N. Spain, Azores.—There are many varieties, as alba, Dipp., with white fls. (Gn. 22, p. 302); bicolor, Dipp. (var. striata, Hort.), with white- and purple-striped fls.; rosea, Rehd. (Boretta cantabrica rosea, Koopmann), with pink fls.; atropurpurea, Dipp., with dark purple fls.; nana, Rehd. (Menziesia polifolia nana, Lodd. M. polifolia pygmaea, Arb. Kew). Dwarf; with small and narrow Lvs. CH


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