Monsonia

Plant Characteristics

Cultivation

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Read about Monsonia in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture
Monsonia (named for Lady Ann Monson, correspondent of Linniaeus). Geraniaceae. Erect or decumbent herbs or shrubs, sometimes grown under glass as are pelargoniums. Annual or perennial, mostly with slender sts.: lvs. alternate or opposite, crenate-dentate or dissected, stipulate: peduncles axillary or rarely nearly basal, bracteate, 2- to many-fld., or rarely 1-fld. by abortion; fls. white, rose-colored, red, purplish, regular; sepals and petals and glands 5; stamens 15, all fertile, connate at base; ovary 5-lobed and 5-celled, beaked: valves of fr. 1-seeded, revolutely dehiscing.—Species 29 as accepted by Knuth in Engler's Das Pflanzenreich, hft. 53 (1912), African, 2 or 3 extending into Asia. Probably the species most likely to be met with in cult.are M. lobata, Mont., and M. speciosa, Linn, f., suffruticose plants 1 ft. or so high, from S. Afr. The former has lvs. cordate and 5-7-lobed, and fls. greenish and variegated outside and pale bluish inside with darker center. B.M. 385. The latter has lvs. palmately 5-parted and lobes 2-pinnatifid, and fls. rose-colored with darker eye. B.M. 73. 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 It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article.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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