Pertya

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Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture

Pertya (after A. M. Perty, professor of natural history at Berne, Switzerland). Compositae. A genus of about 4 shrubs from Japan, Cent. China and Afghanistan, allied to Mutisia but the corolla tubular and 5-parted: lvs. alternate, often crowded under the fl.- heads, entire or serrulate, decjduous: heads homoga- mous, solitary, with 5-15 fls.; involucre campanulate, with few large, imbricate bracts; corolla tubular, deeply 5-lobed: achene pubescent, with a conspicuous dense whitish or purplish pappus. They are not particularly ornamental, but interesting for botanical collections, as hardy shrubby Composite are few. Prop, by seeds and probably by cuttings of half-ripened wood. The only species in cult, is P. sinensis, Oliver. Slender upright shrub, to 6 ft.: lvs. ovate- to oblong-lanceolate, acutish, entire, glabrous, 2—3 in. long: heads pinkish, 10-12-fld., on slender pedicels 1/2- in. long; involucre nearly glabrous: achenes sericeous; pappus whitish. June. Cent. China. H.I. 23:2214.—The Japanese P. scdndens, Schultz. Bip., which is likely to be intro., is a slender decumbent shrub with serrulate lvs., sessile somewhat larger heads with light purple pappus. Alfred Rehder. CH The above text is from the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture. It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article. Click on "Collapse" in the header to hide this text.

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References

• Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963

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