Greyia sutherlandii
Habit | shrub
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Height: | ⇕ | 15 ft"ft" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 15. |
Width: | ⇔ | 7 ft"ft" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 7. |
Lifespan: | ⌛ | perennial |
Origin: | ✈ | S Africa |
Bloom: | ❀ | early spring, mid spring, late spring, early winter, mid winter, late winter |
Exposure: | ☼ | sun |
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Features: | ✓ | flowers |
USDA Zones: | 9 to 11 | |
Flower features: | ❀ | red, pink |
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Greyia sutherlandii, also known as Natal bottlebrush, is a species of plant in the Melianthaceae family. It is endemic to South Africa.
Read about Greyia sutherlandii in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture
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Greyia sutherlandii, Hook. & Harv. Small tree, with thick, naked branches and light-colored bark: lvs. clustered at the ends of the branches, 2-3 in. long, orbicular, ovate or oblong, deeply cordate at base, toothed; petiole 9-12 lines long: fls. bright crimson; disk cup-shaped, with 10 marginal teeth, each crowned by a peltate gland; stamens 10; ovary laterally 5-lobed, 5-celled; ovules numerous, in 2 series in the inner angle of the cells: fr. capsular, 5-valved; seeds albuminous. 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 It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article.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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References
- Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963
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