Achimenes longiflora

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Plant Characteristics
Habit   herbaceous

Height: 20 in"in" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 20. to 24 in"in" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 24.
Width: 12 in"in" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 12. to 20 in"in" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 20.
Bloom: early summer, mid summer, late summer, early fall, mid fall, late fall
Cultivation
Exposure: part-sun
Features: flowers
USDA Zones: 10 to 12
Flower features: red, blue, purple, pink, white
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Scientific Names



Read about Achimenes longiflora in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture 

Achimenes longiflora, DC. (A. Jaureguia, Warscz.). Fig. 106. Rhizomes root-like and filiform, producing pear-shaped tubers at their ends: st. 1-2 ft., hairy: lvs. opposite or 3-4-whorled, ovate-oblong, serrate, hairy, paler and sometimes tinted beneath: fls. solitary, the corolla salver-shaped, with a long and graceful tube; the limb very large and widely spreading, violet-blue and whitish beneath, the lowest segm. sometimes divided. Guatemala. B.M.3980. P.M. 9:151.—A popular blue type. Var. alba maxima, Hort. Fls. large, white. CH


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