Details of genus: Loasa [1805]
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Family: Loasaceae
family_ja: シレンゲ
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description_en: Genus of about 100 species of usually bushy, occasionally spreading or twining annuals, biennials, perennials, and subshrubs from open habitats, often by roads or on gravelly slopes, in Mexico and temperate South America. They have opposite or alternate, entire to palmately lobed, sometimes 3-palmate leaves, and bear nodding, yellow, white, or red flowers singly or in racemes. Each flower has 5 boat-shaped petals, which are inflated in appearance, and nectar scales banded in contrasting colours. Some species are covered in stinging hairs. Best in containers on a patio; grow alpine species in an alpine house.
hardiness_en: Frost hardy to half hardy.
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propagation_en: Sow seed at 13-18°C (55-64°F) in mid-spring or in situ in late spring.
pests_en: Trouble free.
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Update Information: Created: 2007-12-06 12:51; Updated: 2020-07-05 11:41
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| System | Accepted? | Scientific name | Japanese name | Infra-familial classification | # species | |
| APG4 | Loasaceae | シレンゲ科 | Show | |||
| PB2 | Loasaceae | シレンゲ科 | Show | |||
| PB3 | Loasaceae | シレンゲ科 | Show |