Cotyledon (genus)
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ExpandRead about Cotyledon (genus) in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture
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Species
Many garden names occur in Cotyledon, some of which are unidentifiable and some of which probably represent hybrids.
- C. devensis, Hort. Hybrid between probably C. glauca and C. gibbiflora: fl.-sts. 5-7 ft. long. B.M. 8104.CH
- C. elegans, N. E. Br.= Oliveranthus.CH
- C. eximia, Hort.=(7). CH
- C. globosa, Hort., see page 1087.CH
- C. globulariaefolia. Baker. Rosulate, 8 in.: lvs. 30-40, obovate-spatulate, 2½ in. or less long: fls. white tinged red, 20-40 in a dense thyrse-like cluster. Syria.CH
- C. imbricata, Hort.. described on p. 1087.CH
- C. insignis, N. E. Br. About 2 ft., wholly glabrous, erect, light green: lvs. opposite, broad, to 5 in. long: fls. light red with lobes greenish yellow inside, 1½ in. long, in terminal and axillary cymea. Cent. Afr. CH
- C. mirabilis, Hort..hybrid. CH
- C. mucronata, Baker.=Echeveria, p. 1086.CH
- C. nano, Marl. Very dwarf, 1½ in. or less high, densely branched and forming a tuft: lvs. yellowish green, not apiculate. S. Afr.CH
- C. Peatalozzae, Mast. Lvs. distributed, the radical ones spatulate-obtuse and margins slightly denticulate, the cauline obovate-oblong: fls. pale rose, somewhat secund in a glandular-hairy panicle. Cilicia.CH
- C. pulvinata, Hook. f. =EcheveriaCH
- C. sedoides, DC. Annual, creeping, smooth: lvs. sedum-like, oblong and obtuse, convex: fls. few, pink, in summer. Pyrenees. Distinguished from Sedum by the gamopetalous corolla. CH
- C. spinosus. Linn. Small and quaint, Apicra-like, with a rosette of flat spoon-shaped spine-tipped lvs., 12 in. or more tall: fls. yellow, in early summer. Siberia to China and Japan, but not hardy.CH
- C. superba, Hort., is an annual with yellow fls.CH
- C. teretifolia, Thunb. St. somewhat woody, 6-8 in. high, simple or branched: lvs. 4—5 in. long, opposite, nearly terete, acute or cuspidate, hirsute or subglabrous: fls. many, corymbed, the peduncle to 18 in., yellow; corolla-tube a little shorter then calyx. S. Afr.CH
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References
- Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963
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