Rhabdothamnus

Plant Characteristics

Cultivation

Scientific Names

Read about Rhabdothamnus in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture
Rhabdothamnus (Greek, rod and bush, a shrub with many rod-like branches). Gesneriaceae, Divaricately branched shrub, with slender branches: lvs. small, opposite, petioled, rotundate, coarsely dentate, often dissimilar: pedicels solitary in the axils, filiform and without bracts: fls. red-striped; calyx free, deeply 5-cleft, the lobes membranaceous, acuminate; corolla tubular-campanulate; the limb slightly oblique, somewhat 2-lipped, the lobes 5, rotundate, spreading and subequal; stamens 4, perfect: caps, ovate, acuminate, coriaceous, finally 4-valved.—One species, New Zeal. R. Solandri, A. Cunn. A much-branched, hispid shrub 1-3 ft. high: branches very slender, spreading at right angles: lvs. opposite, often in unequal pairs, oval or orbicular, coarsely toothed: fls. axillary, solitary, about 1 in. long; calyx hispid 5-lobed, lobes lanceolate, acute; corolla glabrous, orange, striped red, limb 2-lipped, upper lip smaller, lower lip deeply 3-lobed, the lobes rounded: caps, ovoid acute. New Zeal. B.M. 8019. G.C. III. 37:146. 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 It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article.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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