Moluccella spinosa
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Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture |
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Moluccella spinosa, Linn. Height 6-8 ft.: lvs. ovate, deeply and sharply cut: fls. in whorls, 6-10-fld.; bracts subulate, spiny, shorter than calyx-tube; corolla white, limb longer than calyx-tube; calyx with 1 long spine above and 7 others below. S. Eu., Syria. B.R. 1244 (as Chasmonia incisa). —Annual or biennial, with brownish red square sts., bristling calyx and gaping corolla. Said to have been cult.in England since 1596.
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References
- Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963
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