Sarmienta
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| Sarmienta scandens | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Lamiales |
| Family: | Gesneriaceae |
| Genus: | Sarmienta Ruiz & Pav. (1794), nom. cons. |
| Species: | S. scandens
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| Sarmienta scandens (J.D. Brandis) Pers. (1805)
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Sarmienta scandens, the Chilean pitcher flower, is a species of flowering plant, and the sole member of its genus within the family Gesneriaceae. It is an epiphyte native to the cool temperate rainforest of southern and central Chile.
The Latin specific epithet scandens means "climbing".[2]
Description
[edit | edit source]Reaching just 10 cm (3.9 in) tall by 50 cm (20 in) broad, it is a creeping evergreen perennial with small oval leaves and pendent scarlet pitcher-shaped flowers in summer.[3]
Cultivation
[edit | edit source]In temperate regions it is usually grown under glass, either epiphytically or using a specialist potting medium containing leaf mould or sphagnum moss. It may be placed outside during the summer months, in a warm sheltered spot where the temperature does not fall below 5 °C (41 °F).[4] It may however survive brief periods down to 0 °C (32 °F).[3]
The plant is still widely advertised as Sarmienta repens, a name which is now regarded as illegitimate.[5]
Sarmienta scandens has gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit.[4][6]
References
[edit | edit source]- ^ Sarmienta scandens (J.D.Brandis) Pers. Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 10 August 2024.
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