Celsia

Plant Characteristics
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Cultivation

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Scientific Names

Read about Celsia in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture
Celsia (Olaus Celsius, 1670-1756, a Swedish orientalist). Scrophulariaceae. Herbs, with yellow fls. in terminal racemes or spikes, closely allied to Verbascum, but has only 4 stamens, and they are of 2 sorts. About 40 Old World species, mostly from the Medit. region. Only C. cretica, Linn, f., is known in Amer., and that very sparingly. It is a hardy or half-hardy biennial, with alternate lvs., of which the lower are slightly pinnate and lanceolate, and the upper ovate-lanceolate, toothed and clasping: fls. large (nearly 2 in. across), and somewhat as in Antirrhinum, yellowish, with dark markings in the center and conspicuous deflexed stamens. Stout hairy plant, 3-6 ft. high, from Crete. B.M. 964.—A very showy plant well worth much wider cult. C. pontica, Hort. Has whitish lvs. and pure white fls. N. TAYLOR. ^CH 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 It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article.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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