Angelonia
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Angelonia is a genus of about 30 species native to South America. Some species are cultivated as ornamental plants for their snapdragon-like flowers.
Read about Angelonia in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture
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Angelonia (South American name, angelón, of one of the species). Scrophulariaceae. Perennial herbs or sub-shrubs, grown in hothouses and conservatories, and in the open far South. Plants with the look of alonsoas: Lvs. simple, opposite (or alternate above): fls. showy, blue, irregularly 2-lipped, the upper lip 2-lobed and the lower larger and 3-lpbed; calyx 5-parted or 5-toothed; stamens 4, in pairs; ovary 2-celled. The axillary fls. are in a long, leafy terminal raceme: branches 4-sided.—About two dozen species from Mex. to Brazil. Grown as pot- plants in warm glasshouses and prop, by seeds or softwood cuttings.
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- Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963
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