Muehlenbeckia
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Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture |
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Muehlenbeckia (after Dr. Muehlenbeck, a Swiss physician). Polygonaceae. A rather small group of climbing or erect, usually slightly shrubby plants, all inhabitants of the South Temperate Zone. Leaves alternate, with sheathing stipules at the base: fls unisexual, small, fascicled in the lf.-axils; perianth with 5 nearly equal lobes; stamens 8; ovary 1-celled, 1-ovuled; styles 3: achene obtuse or acute, 3-angled, crustaceous, about equaling the succulent perianth. Ornamental plants, various in appearance. Species about 15. M. adpressa, Meissn. Large, diffuse, bushy plant, with small pink fls. in paniculate spikes: lvs. up to 2 in. long, broadly oblong, often cordate, glabrous. Austral. B.M. 3145 (as Polygonum).— Cult.in Eu.—M nana, Hort., is said to be a dwarf form. The botanical status is uncertain.
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- Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963
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