Francoa sonchifolia

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Plant Characteristics
Height: 24 in"in" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 24.
Width: 18 in"in" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 18. to 24 in"in" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 24.
Lifespan: perennial, annual
Bloom: early summer, mid summer, late summer
Cultivation
Exposure: sun, part-sun
Features: flowers
USDA Zones: 7 to 10
Flower features: red, pink, white
Scientific Names

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Francoa sonchifolia


Plant Characteristics
Lifespan: perennial
Origin: Chile
Cultivation
Exposure: ?"?" is not in the list (sun, part-sun, shade, unknown) of allowed values for the "Exposure" property.
Water: ?"?" is not in the list (wet, moist, moderate, dry, less when dormant) of allowed values for the "Water" property.
Scientific Names

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Read about Francoa sonchifolia in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture 

Francoa (Fr. Franco, Valencia, sixteenth century, promotor of botany). Saxifragaceae. It include only the species Francoa sonchifoliawp. Chilean perennial herb, with lyrate leaves and terminal dense racemes of white or pink flowers borne in summer, suitable for outdoor planting in mild climates.

Plants erect, scapose, the lvs. basal or nearly so. 2-3 ft. high, and in the N. could perhaps be wintered in a coldframe; glandular-pilose or tomentose; rhizome thick, many-headed: lvs. glandular-dentate; fls. 1 in. across, in racemes 6 in. long; floral parts in 4's rarely 5's; petals obovate, clawed; stamens 4; caps. coriaceous, elongated, 4-angled and 4-celled. CH


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