Phygelius

{{{name}}} Phygelius	Cape fuchsia
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Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture

Phygelius (Greek, sun flight, because it was said to love the shade). Scrophulariaceae. Small South African shrubs, hardy South and useful in greenhouses, something like pentstemon. Plants erect, glabrous or nearly so: lvs. opposite, stalked, crenate-dentate: fls. many, long and tubular, scarlet, with exserted stamens in 2 pairs, and a long, filiform declined style; calyx 5-parted; corolla trumpet- shaped, the limb with 5 short nearly equal blunt lobes: fr. a many-seeded caps.—Species 2. P.aequalis. Harv. Infl. closer, the pedicels much shorter; calyx- segms. lanceolate or nearly oblong rather than ovate or oblong- lanceolate; corolla-tube nearly straight, about equal rather than oblique at apex: described as a handsome shrub with habit of a fuchsia. Transvaal to the eastern region of S. Afr., whereas P. capensis is more of the coast and central region, although reaching the Kalahari. Apparently not in cult. L.H.B. CH The above text is from the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture. It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article. Click on "Collapse" in the header to hide this text.

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Species

There are currently two species in this genus^wp.

• Phygelius capensis, Cold hardy cape fuchsia.
• Phygelius aequalis, "Yellow trumpet" (var).

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References

• Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963

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