Cardiandra

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Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture

Cardiandra (Greek, heart, and man or stamen: alluding to the shape of the anthers). Saxifragaceae. Ornamental half-shrubby plants, rarely cultivated for their white, lilac or pink flowers. Suffruticose deciduous plants with alternate rather large lvs. and small pink, lilac or white fls. in terminal loose corymbs surrounded by large sterile fls>: calyx-tube cupulate, adnate to the ovary; petals 5; stamens numerous with filiform filaments and suborbicular anthers; ovary inferior, incompletely 3-celled; styles 3, short; sterile fls. With 3 large sepals: caps.loculicidal.- Three species in Japan and China. Tender plants, thriving in any good garden soil; best in a partly shaded and moist position. Prop. By greenwood cuttings under glass. 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 It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article.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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References

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

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