Dicyrta

Plant Characteristics
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Cultivation

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Scientific Names

Read about Dicyrta in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture
Dicyrta (twice curved, referring to structure of fls.). Gesneriaceae. Very closely related to Achimenes with which some authors unite it, differing in the smaller fls., and diverging anther-cells. Low-growing slender villous herbs with creeping roots: lvs. opposite, membranaceous: fls. axillary, small, white or pale lilac, sometimes spotted; corolla-tube declinate, the limb oblique with 5 nearly equal spreading lobes; stamens affixed in the base of the corolla-tube, included, the anther-cells distinct. Two species occur in Guatemala. D. Candida, Hanst. & Klotzsch (Achimenes candida, Lindl. Diastema gracile, Regel). To 1½ ft.: lvs. ovate to ovate-lanceolate, acuminate, serrate, short-petioled: fl. on a bracted pedicel that much exceeds the petiole, white, tubular-campanulate, the lowest lobe projecting. Summer. The other species is D. Warscewicziana, Regel (A. misera, Lindl.), apparently not in cult.: fls. smaller. L. H. B. ^CH 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 It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article.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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