Details of Genus: Amsonia Walter
ID: 543
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Genus en:
# spp.: N/A (from genus_families table) | 4 (from names table)
Accepted: Accepted
Family: Apocynaceae
Family ja: キョウチクトウ
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Distribution en: N.America, Japan
Description en: Genus of about 20 species of clump-forming perennials from light woodland or grassland in moist, stony or heavy soils in S.E. Europe, Turkey, Japan, and N.E. and C. USA. They have alternate, lance-shaped or ovate to elliptic, entire leaves. Long-lasting cymes or panicles of narrowly funnel-shaped blue flowers, with 5 spreading petal lobes, are borne from spring to summer. They are suitable for a mixed or herbaceous border. Contact with the milky sap may irritate skin.
Hardiness en: Fully hardy.
Cultivation en:
Propagation en: Sow seed in containers in a cold frame in autumn or spring. Divide in spring. Root softwood or basal cuttings in early summer.
Pests en: Trouble free.
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Comment ja: チョウジソウ
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Update information: Created: 2007-12-06 12:51; Updated: 2026-03-03 21:57
Family:
| System | Accepted? | Botanical name | Japanese name | Infra-familial classification | # species | |
| PB2 | Apocynaceae | キョウチクトウ科 | Show | |||
| PB3 | Apocynaceae | キョウチクトウ科 | Show | |||
| APG4 | Accepted | Apocynaceae | キョウチクトウ科 | Show |