Details of genus: Amsonia Walter [543]
genus_ja:
genus_en:
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accepted: Accepted
Family: Apocynaceae
family_ja: キョウチクトウ
Infra familial classification:
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.
description_ja:
comment:
comment_ja: チョウジソウ
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Update Information: Created: 2007-12-06 12:51; Updated: 2022-03-09 15:20
family:
| System | Accepted? | Scientific name | Japanese name | Infra-familial classification | # species | |
| APG4 | Apocynaceae | キョウチクトウ科 | Show | |||
| PB2 | Apocynaceae | キョウチクトウ科 | Show | |||
| PB3 | Apocynaceae | キョウチクトウ科 | Show |