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| name = ''Ficus pumila''
| common_names = Dwarf Creeping Fig
| growth_habit = vine
| high = ? <!--- 1m (3 ft) -->
| wide = <!--- 65cm (25 inches) -->
| origin = ? <!--- Mexico, S America, S Europe, garden, etc -->
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| lifespan = perennial evergreen
| exposure = ? <!--- full sun, part-sun, semi-shade, shade, indoors, bright filtered (you may list more than 1) -->
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| features = <!--- flowers, fragrance, fruit, naturalizes, invasive -->
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| usda_zones = ? <!--- eg. 8-11 -->
| sunset_zones = <!--- eg. 8, 9, 12-24, not available -->
| color = IndianRed
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| regnum = Plantae <!--- Kingdom -->
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Ficus pumila, Linn. (F. stipulata, Thunb. F. repens, Hort., not Rottl.). Creeping Fig. Fig. 1501. Prostrate or climbing shrub, clinging close to conservatory walls and then flattened: lvs. more or less 2-ranked, on very short petioles, ovate, obtuse, entire or slightly wavy, rounded or cordate at the base, often unequally; veins prominent below. Japan, China, Austral. B.M.6657. R.H. 1891:448. K. 158. G.C. II. 14:560, 561, 717. H.U. 4 p. 359 (the last two as F. stipulata). Ficus pumila Var. minima (F. minima, Hort.) has smaller lvs. The species is sometimes used for hanging-baskets.
Ficus pumila, Linn. (F. stipulata, Thunb. F. repens, Hort., not Rottl.). Creeping Fig. Prostrate or climbing shrub, clinging close to conservatory walls and then flattened: lvs. more or less 2-ranked, on very short petioles, ovate, obtuse, entire or slightly wavy, rounded or cordate at the base, often unequally; veins prominent below. Japan, China, Austral. H.U. 4 p. 359 (the last two as F. stipulata).{{SCH}}
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'''Dwarf Creeping Fig''' (''Ficus pumila'') is a [[vine]] that is native to East [[Asia]].
It does not need much water and care.
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==Cultivation==
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==Varieties==
Ficus pumila Var. minima (F. minima, Hort.) has smaller lvs. The species is sometimes used for hanging-baskets.{{SCH}}
==Gallery==
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==References==
*[[Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture]], by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963
<!--- xxxxx *Flora: The Gardener's Bible, by Sean Hogan. Global Book Publishing, 2003. ISBN 0881925381 -->
<!--- xxxxx *American Horticultural Society: A-Z Encyclopedia of Garden Plants, by Christopher Brickell, Judith D. Zuk. 1996. ISBN 0789419432 -->
<!--- xxxxx *Sunset National Garden Book. Sunset Books, Inc., 1997. ISBN 0376038608 -->
==External links==
==External links==
*[http://www.ces.ncsu.edu/depts/hort/consumer/factsheets/vines/ficus_pumila.html NC State University: ''Ficus pumila'']
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[[Category:Flora of Asia]]
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