Chaenostoma

Plant Characteristics
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Scientific Names

Read about Chaenostoma in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture
Chaenostoma (gaping month, in allusion to the shape of the corolla). Scrophulariaceaex. African herbs or sub-shrubs sometimes planted in greenhouses, or in the open in mild climates. Leaves simple, mostly opposite: fls. axillary or terminal-racemose, showy; stamens attached to the throat of the corolla, more or less exserted; style filiform and club-shaped, and obtuse at the apex; corolla tubular, swollen in the throat, with a 5-lobed spreading limb: fr. a caps, with numerous seeds.—Recent authorities combine this genus with Sutera, which, in the enlarged sense, comprises more than 190 species in Afr. and the Canary Isls. Chaenostoma, as separately limited, has 25-30 S. African plants with white, yellow or reddish fls. axillary or in terminal racemes, lvs. usually opposite, mostly dentate, 4 didynamous stamens which are exsertcd rather than included as in typical Sutera and the top of the style club-shaped and stigma obtuse rather than 2-lobed. ^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 It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article.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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