ASARINA ERUBESCENS
Author:
Francis Whittier Pennell, 1947
Family:
SCROPHULARIACEAE
Origin:
Elevation:
Publisher:
Don ex Sweet, D. (1830). In: Brit. Fl. Gard. 4: (Ser. 2, i.) Sub T. 75.
Collection number:
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Thickness:
10 Centimetres
Height:
2,5 Meters
Propagate:
Seeds
CITES:
Synonyms:
Lophospermum erubescens David Don ex Robert Sweet, 1830.
Besleria scandens, Moc. & Sessé ex D.Don.
Maurandya erubescens, A.Gray
Maurandya erubescens var. typica Munz
Maurandya scandens var. erubescens, Voss.
This member of the Scrophulariaceae family was given this name by Francis Whittier Pennell in 1947. It is found around 1000 meter height in Mexico, growing in a well drained soil with quite some water in summer and next to nothing in winter. Plenty of sun, and it will get lots of pink (rare form: white) flowers. The caudex can grow to ten centimetres or more, the vines will reach for two to three meters.
The genera name from the Spanish name for the plants. The species name for the red flowers. And this is my own.
Flower
Pink (White)
Soil
Mix
Water
Maximum
Sun
Maximum