Maurandia purpusii
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Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture |
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Maurandia purpusii, Brandegee. Ascending, pendulous or prostrate, 12-16 in., leafy, with tuberous rootstock: lvs. long-stalked, more or less triangular-ovate: fls. axillary, long-peduncled, purple-carmine, beautiful. S. W. Mex. —A showy tender perennial, blooming the first year from seed, of bushy growth; tubers may be stored in winter. Differs from M. erubescens in being more glabrous and bearing smaller fls.; lvs. often entire- margined.
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References
- Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963
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