Margyricarpus
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Read about Margyricarpus in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture
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Margyricarpus (Greek, pearly fruit; referring to the white berries). Rosaceae. South American sub shrubs, of which M. setosus is a heath-like plant cult in rockeries for its numerous small white berries, which are seen to best advantage against dark background. The nearest genus of garden value is Acaena, which has fls. on heads or spikes, while those of Margyricarpus are solitary and axillary. Branching shrubs with inconspicuous fls. which are sessile and have no petals: lvs. alternate, crowded, overlapping: calyx-tube persistent; lobes 4-5; ovary 1, in the calyx-tube, with very short style; ovule solitary, hanging from the top of the cell: fr. a coriaceous achene. — Species a half-dozen and more, in temperate parts of mountains and south to Patagonia. M. hybridus is offered abroad as a "pretty evergreen alpine shrub thickly studded with rose-colored berries.
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References
- Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963
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