Fendlera
Fendlera {{{latin_name}}}
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Fendlerbush
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Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture |
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Fendlera (after Augustus Fendler, a German naturalist, botanical explorer of New Mexico). Saxi- fragaceae. Ornamental woody plant grown for its handsome white flowers. Deciduous shrub: lvs. opposite, short-pctioled, entire, 3-nerved: fls. solitary or rarely 2-3 at the end of short lateral branchlets; calyx-lobes and petals 4; stamens 8; ovary almost superior: fr. a 4-celled, dehiscent caps., with flat, oblong seeds.Two species from Texas to Mex. Allied to philadelphus, but differing in its 8 stamens and superior ovary. They are graceful ornamental shrubs with small, grayish foliage, covered in June along the slender, arching brancheswith graceful white fls., resembling in shape a Maltese cross. Hardy in New England, and growing best in a well-drained, sandy or peaty soil and sunny position. A very handsome and graceful plant for sunny rockeries or rocky slopes. Prop, by seeds or by greenwood cuttings under glass. Fendlera rupicola, Engelm. & Gray.To 4 ft.: lvs. linear-lanceolate or linear-oblong, 3-nerved, revolute at the margin, grayish tomentose beneath, 1/2 - 1 in. long: fls. milky white, 1 in. across; petals rhombic ovate, with distinct claw, spreading; stamens erect. CH
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The name Fendlerbush is also used for the closely related genus Fendlerella.
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Species
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Fendlera rigida - Stiff Fendlerbush
Fendlera rupicola - Cliff Fendlerbush
Fendlera wrightii - Wright Fendlerbush
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References
- Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963
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