Kernera

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Read about Kernera in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture
Kernera (Johann Simon von Kerner, 1755-183O, professor of botany at Stuttgart). Cruciferae. Under this name amateurs cult, a rock-plant growing about 4in. high, which blooms profusely all summer, its fls. being small, white, and borne in elongated umbels. Bentham & Hooker regard Kernera as a subgenus of Cochlearia, in which the stamens are longer and bowed at the apex: pods turgid; valves very convex: cotyledons accumbent or incumbent. Prantl (in Engler & Prantl, Pflanzenfamilien), however, keeps the genus distinct, comprising 5 species in the mountains of Cent, and S. Eu. They are perennial herbs, with simple or pinnately parted lvs. The species grown in rock-gardens is a compact branching, neat-habited plant thriving in any light soil that is moderately rich. It requires a sunny but not too dry situation. Prop, by cuttings, division or seed. K. saxatilis. Reichb. (Cochlearia saxatilis, Linn.). Root- lvs. oblong, dentate, pilose; st.-lvs. linear-oblong: petals 4, obovate, 2-3 times as long as the calyx: seeds numerous, not margined. Pyrenees to Carpathians. Wilhelm Miller. 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 It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article.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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