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Accession Data:

Petunia exserta J.R. Stehmann

  • Common Name:
  • Family: Solanaceae Juss.

  • Country of Origin: southern Brazil
  • Habitat: only in shaded cracks on sandstone towers

  • Description: Petunia exserta is a rare member of the genus Petunia, endemic to the Serras de Sudeste in southern Brazil. First described in 1987, only fourteen plants were found in the wild during an expedition in 2007. In the wild, the plant is found growing only in shaded cracks on sandstone towers. It is the only Petunia species that is naturally pollinated by hummingbirds, and the only red flowered Petunia species.3

Accession Data:

  • Accession # 201700004
  • Source: UCSB
  • Accession Date: 01-26-2017
  • Bench: 3310 - NEOB: StarSteel 3x12
    • Currently: active - healthy
    • Qty: 1 confirmed on 10-09-2020

Classification:

  • Division: Magnoliophyta
  • Class: Magnoliopsida
  • SubClass: euasterid I
  • Order: Solanales
  • SubOrder:
  • Family: Solanaceae
  • SubFamily: Petunioideae
  • Tribe:
  • SubTribe:

Flowering Data:

This accession has been observed in bloom on:
YearJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
2021
2020
2019
2018
2017

References (internal):

  • Endemism (endemic)
  • Bird Pollination (ornithophily)
  • EEB Greenhouse Holdings native to: Brazil South

References (external):

  1. The Plant List (2013). Version 1.1. Last accessed on Thursday, January 26, 2017.
  2. Petunia exserta at ARS-GRIN. Last accessed on Thursday, January 26, 2017.
  3. Petunia exserta at Wikipedia. Last accessed on Thursday, January 26, 2017.
  4. Petunia exserta at Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Last accessed on Thursday, January 26, 2017.

data regenerated on Thu, 13 May 2021 09:35:10 -0400 [bcm v4.0]

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W/C = Wild Collected
= indicates flowering in past 14 days
= images available for this accession
= map available for this accession
= accession added within past 90 days
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