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Begonia foliosa

Species of flowering plant

Begonia foliosa
Summary

Species of flowering plant

  • Begonia elegans Kunth, 1825
  • Begonia fuchsioides Hook.
  • Casparya elegans Klotzsch, 1854
Foliage

Begonia foliosa is a species of flowering plant in the family Begoniaceae, native to Colombia and Venezuela. It is a shrublike begonia growing to 1 m, bearing succulent, pendent stems 45 cm long, thickly clothed with glossy oval green leaves, and producing panicles of small white flowers. The variety commonly cultivated is B. foliosa var. miniata with pink or red flowers. As it does not tolerate temperatures below 0 C, in temperate regions it requires winter protection.

The variety B. foliosa var. miniata has gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit.

References

References

  1. Kunth Nov. Gen. Sp. (quarto ed.) 7: 182 1825
  2. Klotzsch Ber. Bekanntm. Verh. Königl. Preuss. Akad. Wiss. Berlin 127 1854
  3. (2008). "RHS A-Z encyclopedia of garden plants". Dorling Kindersley.
  4. "RHS Plant Selector - ''Begonia foliosa'' var. ''miniata''".
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