Gynura aurantiaca

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Plant Characteristics
Habit   herbaceous

Height: 7 ft"ft" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 7. to 8 ft"ft" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 8.
Width: 4 ft"ft" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 4.
Lifespan: perennial
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Exposure: shade
Features: flowers, houseplant, ground cover
USDA Zones: 10 to 12
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Read about Gynura aurantiaca in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture 

Gynura aurantiaca, DC. Velvet Tree. Stout and branchy, 2-3 ft., with almost succulent sts. densely clothed with violet or purple hairs: lvs. large and soft, ovate, jagged- toothed, hairy, short-petioled or the upper ones clasping, overlaid with iridescent purple: heads in a terminal cluster, yellow or orange. Java.—A handsome foliage plant. In winter it may be grown in the conservatory or warmhouse, but in the summer it may be bedded out in a warm and protected place. It grows rapidly, and makes a most satisfactory display of colored leafage. It is readily prop, by cuttings in the house, as geraniums are.


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