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Accession Data:

Sinningia canescens (C. Martius) Wiehler

  • Common Name: Brazilian Edelweiss
  • Family: Gesneriaceae Dumort.

  • Country of Origin: Brazil

  • Description: [syn. Rechsteineria leucotricha, Sinningia leucotricha]

  • USDA Zone: 7b-10

Accession Data:

  • Accession # 200202464
  • Source: Tim Devine - CSU Chico
  • Accession Date: 10-17-2002
  • Bench: 1301 - NEOA: East Bench NN
    • Currently: active - healthy
    • Qty: 2 confirmed on 10-19-2022

Classification:

  • Division: Magnoliophyta
  • Class: Magnoliopsida
  • SubClass: euasterid I
  • Order: Lamiales
  • SubOrder:
  • Family: Gesneriaceae
  • SubFamily: Gesneroideae
  • Tribe: Gesnerieae
  • SubTribe: Ligeriinae

Flowering Data:

This accession has been observed in bloom on:
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References (internal):

  • EEB 3271 - Systematic Botany
  • EEB Greenhouse Holdings native to: Brazil South

References (external):

  1. The Plant List (2013). Version 1.1. Accessed 22 May 2015.
  2. Sinningia canescens at WikiSpecies. Last accessed on Wednesday, September 28, 2016.

data regenerated on Tue, 22 Nov 2022 11:18:11 -0500 [bcm v4.0]

Images:

Sinningia canescens

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  • Columneinae: Columnea ornata
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W/C = Wild Collected
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