Accession Data
Edithcolea grandis
Common Name: Persian Carpet Flower
Family: Apocynaceae
Country of Origin: East Africa and Horn of Africa
Description: A spiny, succulent milkweed-relative with spectacular flowers. Persian Carpet Flower is tropical and very sensitive to cool temperatures. The roots and main stems can rot out in winter, and the growing tips are susceptible to powdery mildew in cool weather. Keeping the plants warmer in winter, providing supplemental light, and appropriate application of fungicides, are useful in our temperate climate. The plants can be restarted from cuttings in spring if the roots rot. They are heavy feeders in summer.
Accession Data
Accession #: 202100029
Accession Date: 2021-02-09 00:00:00
Bloom Status: 🪴 Not Flowering
Location: 2203
Quantity: 2
Source: Xue Davis, Yale Univ.
Provenance: ex hort.
Classification
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Subclass: euasterid I
Order: Gentianales
Family: Apocynaceae
SubFamily: Asclepiadoideae
Tribe: Ceropegieae
SubTribe: Stapeliinae
Flowering Data:
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