Wigandia caracasana
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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03C287E6-FFE0-5577-E9C3-6598F68C1DBC |
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Wigandia caracasana |
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1. W. caracasana Kunth in Humb., Bonpl. & Kunth, Nov. Gen. Sp. 3: 128 (1819).
Erect, hispid shrub 200-400 cm. Leaves 20-45 x 12-35 cm, ovate, obtuse, cordate at base, petiolate, coarsely crenate-serrate, yellowish-pubescent beneath. Calyx-lobes linear-lanceolate. Corolla c. 20 mm, the limb lilac, the tube white. Stamens shortly exserted. Capsule oblong-conical, slightly greyish-pubescent. Cultivated for ornament, and locally naturalized on rocks and walls in the W. Mediterranean region. [Ga Hs It.] (Mexico to Colombia.)
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Wigandia caracasana
| Tutin, T. G., Heywood, V. H., Burges, N. A., Moore, D. M., Valentine, D. H., Walters, S. M. & Webb, D. A. 1972 |
W. caracasana
| Kunth 1819: 128 |