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Hebenstreitia (named for John Ernst Hebenstreit, 1703- 1757, professor of medicine in the University of Leipzig). Selaginaceae. Annual herbs, subshrubs or shrubs, mostly grown in greenhouses: lvs. alternate or opposite often narrow, entire or often dentate: spikes terminal, often dense, short or elongated; fls. sessile, white, yellow or pink; stamens 4 didynumous, included, filaments short; anthers oblong or linear, 1-loculed; ovary 2-loculed: fr. with 2 cells, often one not well developed. — About 30 species, mostly from S. Afr. H. comosa, Hochst., is grown as a half- hardy annual (plant perennial). One to 4 ft. high : lvs. numerous, lanceolate or elliptic- lanceolate, glabrous, ½ -2 in. long; spikes elongate, 2-6 in. long, mignonette -like; corolla yellow or white, with an orange-red blotch on the limb; tube slender; lobes oblong, inner pair much narrower and scarcely longer than the outer. B.M. 7895. May be safely sown outdoors in April. Fls. fragrant. L. H. B.
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==Cultivation==
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==References==
*[[Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture]], by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963
<!--- xxxxx *Flora: The Gardener's Bible, by Sean Hogan. Global Book Publishing, 2003. ISBN 0881925381 -->
<!--- xxxxx *American Horticultural Society: A-Z Encyclopedia of Garden Plants, by Christopher Brickell, Judith D. Zuk. 1996. ISBN 0789419432 -->
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Describe the plant here...
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Hebenstreitia (named for John Ernst Hebenstreit, 1703- 1757, professor of medicine in the University of Leipzig). Selaginaceae. Annual herbs, subshrubs or shrubs, mostly grown in greenhouses: lvs. alternate or opposite often narrow, entire or often dentate: spikes terminal, often dense, short or elongated; fls. sessile, white, yellow or pink; stamens 4 didynumous, included, filaments short; anthers oblong or linear, 1-loculed; ovary 2-loculed: fr. with 2 cells, often one not well developed. — About 30 species, mostly from S. Afr. H. comosa, Hochst., is grown as a half- hardy annual (plant perennial). One to 4 ft. high : lvs. numerous, lanceolate or elliptic- lanceolate, glabrous, ½ -2 in. long; spikes elongate, 2-6 in. long, mignonette -like; corolla yellow or white, with an orange-red blotch on the limb; tube slender; lobes oblong, inner pair much narrower and scarcely longer than the outer. B.M. 7895. May be safely sown outdoors in April. Fls. fragrant. L. H. B.
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==Cultivation==
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===Propagation===
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===Pests and diseases===
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==Species==
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==Gallery==
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==References==
*[[Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture]], by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963
<!--- xxxxx *Flora: The Gardener's Bible, by Sean Hogan. Global Book Publishing, 2003. ISBN 0881925381 -->
<!--- xxxxx *American Horticultural Society: A-Z Encyclopedia of Garden Plants, by Christopher Brickell, Judith D. Zuk. 1996. ISBN 0789419432 -->
<!--- xxxxx *Sunset National Garden Book. Sunset Books, Inc., 1997. ISBN 0376038608 -->
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