Begonia scharffiana

Begonia scharffiana
Begonia scharffii drawn by John Nugent Fitch for Curtis's Botanical Magazine.
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Rosids
Order:	Cucurbitales
Family:	Begoniaceae
Genus:	Begonia
Species:	B. scharffiana
Binomial name
Begonia scharffiana Regel
Synonyms
Begonia cataractarumJ.Braun & K.Schum. Begonia scharffii Hook.f. Begonia scharffiana var. minorW.Watson

Begonia scharffiana, the Elephant Ear Begonia ^[1] is a species of flowering plant in the family Begoniaceae, native to southern Brazil, ^[2] discovered on the island of St. Catherine in 1888. ^[3]

B. scharffiana has a shrub-like growing habit. It's a medium-height garden plant that prefers light shade, and blooms mid-summer thru winter. The flowers have white sepals with red hairs on the base. ^[4]

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References

1. Clark, Alice M. (1977). Begonia Portraits (1 ed.). Cymac Lithographers. pp. 42, 43.
2. "Begonia scharffiana Regel". Plants of the World Online. Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 19 November 2025.
3. Clark, Alice M. (August 1945). "B x scharffiana, Regel" (PDF). The Begonian. 12. American Begonia Society: 150–151. Retrieved 19 November 2025.
4. Sharp, Peter G. (2011). Down To Earth - With Begonias (PDF). p. 86. Retrieved 6 December 2025.