Gynura
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Read about Gynura in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture
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Gynura (name refers to the tailed stigmas). Compositae. Tropical herbs, sometimes grown under glass for the large showy foliage. Rarely subshrubby: lvs. alternate, entire or lobed, numerous: heads discoid, the florets commonly all fertile, not very showy; involucre cylindrical or somewhat bell-shaped, the narrow bracts in about 1 series: achene narrow, 5-10-striate, with copious slender white pappus-bristles. The gynuras are attractive glasshouse herbs, usually requiring a moderately high temperature; prop, by cuttings. Genus allied to Senecio and Cineraria; of about 40 species in Trop. Afr., Asia, to Austral.
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