Fabiana imbricata
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Eudicots |
| (unranked): | Asterids |
| Order: | Solanales |
| Family: | Solanaceae |
| Genus: | Fabiana |
| Species: | F. imbricata |
| Binomial name | |
| Fabiana imbricata Ruiz & Pav. |
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Fabiana imbricata (pichi) is an evergreen shrub of family Solanaceae, ranges from Chile to West Indies. It grows to 2.5m by 2.5m in moist, sandy soils, and produces small, white, tubular flowers in early summer. In tropical areas they grown outside in yards and garden. In places with cold winters that can be grown as a houseplant.
[edit] References
- Plants for a Future entry
- USDA Germplasm Resources Information Network entry
- Encke, F. et al. 1984. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 13. Auflage.
- Huxley, A., ed. 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening.
- Krüssmann, G. 1984. Handbuch de Laubgeholze, Engl. translat.
- Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium. 1976. Hortus third.
- McGuffin, M. et al., eds. 2000. Herbs of commerce, ed. 2.
- Navas-Bustamante, L. E. 1973–1979. Flora de la cuenca de Santiago de Chile.
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