Chiba University Matsudo/Kashiwa Campus Plant Database

Details of genus: Ourisia Comm. [1808]

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# spp.: 32

pub_year: 1789

accepted: Accepted

Family: Plantaginaceae

family_ja: オオバコ

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distribution_en: NW. Venezuela to W. & S. South America

description_en: Genus of approximately 25 species of low-growing, mainly rhizomatous, evergreen or semi-evergreen perennials occurring in alpine regions of Tasmania, New Zealand, South America, and Antarctica. They have mostly radical leaves, which are usually conspicuously veined, but are cultivated for their usually short-tubed flowers, each with 5 spreading lobes, the 3 lower lobes larger than the upper 2. The flowers are produced singly from the leaf axils, or in whorls or racemes on leafless stems. Ourisias grow best in cool, moist climates, and are suitable for a shady rock garden, peat bed, shaded wall, or alpine house.

hardiness_en: Fully hardy.

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propagation_en: Sow seed in containers in a cold frame, as soon as ripe or in early spring. Divide rhizomatous species, or separate rooted sections, in spring. Take stem-tip cuttings of O. 7nicrophylla in early summer.

pests_en: Often damaged by slugs and snails.

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Update Information: Created: 2007-12-06 12:51; Updated: 2023-09-13 22:34 by hkokubun@mac.com

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