Chiba University Matsudo/Kashiwa Campus Plant Database

Details of genus: Trachymene [1909]

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Family: Araliaceae

family_ja: ウコギ

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description_en: Genus of 12 or more species of erect, branching annuals, biennials, and perennials from moist woodland and swamps to dry sandhills and subalpine areas in Australia and the W. Pacific. The lacy leaves are ternate or 2-ternate, usually with linear leaflets, or rarely with 2 leaflets or palmately divided. Dainty, terminal umbels of tiny, star-shaped, white, pink, or blue flowers are borne in summer. Grow T. coerulea, the species most commonly cultivated, at the front of an annual or mixed border, or in a cool greenhouse. It provides long-lasting cut flowers.

hardiness_en: Half hardy.

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propagation_en: Sow seed at 15°C (59°F) in mid-spring, or sow in situ in late spring. Germination is slow.

pests_en: Trouble free.

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comment_ja: ブルーレースフラワー(blue lace flower)

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Update Information: Created: 2007-12-06 12:51; Updated: 2020-09-04 03:56

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