Cobaea scandens Cav.
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Cobaea scandens Cav.
Cobaea scandens Cav.
Nomenclature
Cav.
Cav.
1791
ICN
Cobaea scandens Cav.
species
Cobaea scandens
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Cobaea scandens Cav.
Glabrous or almost glabrous, vigorous, perennial liane. Leaflets usually in 3 pairs, including basal pair, petiolulate; tendrils branched and becoming woody towards base, purplish when young. Lamina 4-12 × 2-5.5 cm, elliptic to obovate, entire; base cuneate to rounded, sometimes asymmetric; apex acute or mucronate. Calyx accrescent, 3-4 × 1.7-2.7 cm; lobes broadly oblong or oblong-ovate to almost orbicular, glaucous, often purple-tinged where exposed to sunlight, mucronate; margins strongly undulate. Corolla 6-7 cm long, deeply campanulate, green, becoming purple after anthesis; tube c. 3 cm wide; lobes 1.5-2 cm long, broad and rounded. Filaments slender, with basal woolly tuft; anthers 10-12 mm long, linear. Capsule (3)-5.5-8.5 cm long, ± ellipsoid; valves 2-3 cm wide. Seed 1-1.5 cm long including narrow wing, broad- or oblong-ovoid.
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718dd019-35ae-4bfe-ba2b-dfa2e81af4af
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1 January 2000
30 December 2023