Lopezia

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Read about Lopezia in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture
Lopezia (after the Spaniard Lopez, who wrote on the natural history of the New World). Onagraceae. Greenhouse plants grown for the attractive flowers; may be planted in the open far South. Erect, branching, glabrous or pubescent: Lvs. alternate or the lower opposite, dentate: fls. usually small, in leafy racemes or subcorymbose at the ends of branches, slender-pedicelled; calyx-limb 4-parted, unequal, deciduous, linear-lobed; petals 4, short- or long- clawed, unequal, the posterior ones narrower, the claws glandular at the apex; stamens 2, attached to the pistil, one anther-bearing, the other petal-like; ovary 4-celled: caps, globose, leathery; seeds obovoid, with a leathery granulated coat.—Species a score or more, in Mex. and Cent. Amer. Little grown, but valuable for the gay forms and colors. 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 It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article.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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