Jacquemontia pentantha

Plant Characteristics

Cultivation

Scientific Names

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Read about Jacquemontia pentantha in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture

Jacquemontia pentantha, G. Don (J. violacea, Choisy. Convolvulus pentanthus, Jacq.). St. perennial, somewhat shrubby at base, twining 6-8 ft., pubescent or nearly glabrous: lvs. cordate to ovate-lanceolate, acuminate: peduncles slender, bearing 5-12 fls. in a loose cymose cluster; corolla about 1 1/4 in. wide, short-funnelform, sharply 5-angled, rich violet-blue. June-Sept. Trop. Amer., and as far north as Fla. B.M. 2151. B. 4:197. P.M. 6:219. In var. canescens, Hort. (J. canescens, Benth.), the whole plant is covered with short, brownish down. B.R.33:27. 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 It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article.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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References

• Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963

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