Helxine
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Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture |
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Helxine (from the Greek to tear, because the seeds catch on the clothes). Urticaceae. A small creeping herb with filamentous branches: lvs. alternate, small, entire, roundish: fls. monoecious, pistillate in the axils of the lower lvs., staminate in axils of upper. One species, H. soleirolii, Req., from Corsica and Sardinia. Sts. slender, reddish: lvs. bright green, cordate- reniform: fls. inconspicuous.—A good plant for the alpine garden, to be grown in moderate shade.
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References
- Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963
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