Cestrum elegans
Cestrum elegans {{{latin_name}}}
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Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture |
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Cestrum elegans, Schlecht. (Habrothamnus elegans, Brongn.). Tall and slender, half-climbing, the branches pubescent: lvs. ovate, lanceolate, long-acuminate, of medium size, pubescent beneath: fls. red-purple, swollen near the top of the tube, in loose clusters which nod at the ends of the branches, the lobes ciliate. Mex.―One of the old-fashioned greenhouse shrubs, blooming almost continuously. There is a form with variegated lvs. Var. Smithii (C. Smithii. Hort. Bull.) has beautiful blush-rose fls., profusely produced through summer and autumn. CH
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References
- Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963
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