Author: |
Cornelis G. G. Jan van Steenis, 1957 |
Family: |
BASELLACEAE |
Origin: |
Argentina,
Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay,
Venezuela |
Soil: |
Peat |
Water:
|
Maximum |
Sun: |
Medium |
Thickness: |
20
Centimetres |
Height: |
7
Meters |
Flower:
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White / Crème |
Propagate: |
Seeds/Rhizome |
Names:
|
Lamb´s Tail, Sweet Mignonette,
Mignonette Vine, Madeira Vine. |
Synonyms: |
Boussingaultia
cordifolia Tenore, 1853.
Anredera americana, J.St.-Hil.
Anredera cordifolia subsp. gracilis, Xifreda &
Argimón.
Boussingaultia cordata, Spreng.
Boussingaultia gracilis, Miers
Boussingaultia gracilis f. pseudobaselloides
Hauman
Boussingaultia gracilis var. pseudobaselloides,
L.H.Bailey
Boussingaultia gracilis f. typica, Hauman |
This member of the Basellaceae family was
given this name by
Cornelis Gijsbert Gerrit Jan van Steenis in 1957. It's found in
Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil,
Colombia, Ecuador, Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay and Venezuela. Takes a lot of water in summer and quite some sun. The caudex
will grow to 20 centimetres, the vines to seven meters. The flowers are
white to crème. Can easy be reproduced by tubers and seeds.
The genera from the Spanish
word enredadera which refers to a twining or climbing plant. The
species is from the Latin words cordata meaning
'heart-shaped' and folia meaning 'leaved' in reference to the
heart-shaped leaves of this plant.
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