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|genus=Francoa
|genus=Francoa
|species=sonchifolia
|species=sonchifolia
|common_name=Francoa glabrata, Francoa ramosa
|habit=herbaceous
|Max ht box=24
|Max ht box=24
|Max ht metric=in
|Max ht metric=in
|Max wd metric=in
|Max wd metric=in
|width_ref=Flora - A Gardener's Encyclopedia ISBN 0881925381
|width_ref=Flora - A Gardener's Encyclopedia ISBN 0881925381
|origin=Chile
|origin_ref=Wikipedia
|lifespan=perennial, annual
|lifespan=perennial, annual
|life_ref=Flora - A Gardener's Encyclopedia ISBN 0881925381
|life_ref=Flora - A Gardener's Encyclopedia ISBN 0881925381
|usda_ref=Flora - A Gardener's Encyclopedia ISBN 0881925381
|usda_ref=Flora - A Gardener's Encyclopedia ISBN 0881925381
|max_zone=10
|max_zone=10
|image=Francoa sonchifolia form.jpg
|image_width=200
|image_caption=Bridal wreath
| image = Francoa sonchifolia form.jpg
| image_width = 180px <!--- leave as 240px if horizontal orientation photo, or change to 180px if vertical -->
| image_caption = ''Francoa sonchifolia''
}}
}}
'''''Francoa''''' is a [[genus]] of the [[Francoaceae]] [[family (biology)|family]] which consists of [[herb]]s endemic to [[Chile]]. Plants may grow up to one metre high and produce basal clumps of round, deeply lobed, dark green, fuzzy leaves with winged leafstalks. Compact [[raceme]]s of small, cup-shaped flowers, which are pink with red markings, appear in summer and early fall.
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Francoa (Fr. Franco, Valencia, sixteenth century, promotor of botany). Saxifragaceae. It include only the species '''''Francoa sonchifolia'''''{{wp}}. Chilean perennial herb, with lyrate leaves and terminal dense racemes of white or pink flowers borne in summer, suitable for outdoor planting in mild climates.
Francoa (Fr. Franco, Valencia, sixteenth century, promotor of botany). Saxifragaceae. It include only the species '''''Francoa sonchifolia'''''{{wp}}. Chilean perennial herb, with lyrate leaves and terminal dense racemes of white or pink flowers borne in summer, suitable for outdoor planting in mild climates.
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