Sarmienta

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Sarmienta
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Sarmienta scandens
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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
Binomial name
Sarmienta scandens
(J.D. Brandis) Pers. (1805)
Synonyms [1]
  • Sarmienta repensRuiz & Pav. (1798)
  • Urceolaria chilensisMolina (1810)
  • Urceolaria scandensJ.D.Brandis (1786)

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.

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The Latin specific epithet scandens means "climbing". [2]

Description

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

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]

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References

  1. Sarmienta scandens (J.D.Brandis) Pers. Plants of the World Online . Retrieved 10 August 2024.
  2. Harrison, Lorraine (2012). RHS Latin for Gardeners. United Kingdom: Mitchell Beazley. ISBN   978-1845337315.
  3. 1 2 Brickell, Christopher, ed. (2008). The Royal Horticultural Society A-Z Encyclopedia of Garden Plants. United Kingdom: Dorling Kindersley. p. 957. ISBN   9781405332965.
  4. 1 2 "RHS Plantfinder - Sarmienta scandens" . Retrieved 31 October 2018.
  5. "The Gesneriad Web: Sarmienta repens". The Gesneriad Society. Retrieved 31 October 2018.
  6. "AGM Plants - Ornamental" (PDF). Royal Horticultural Society. July 2017. p. 95. Retrieved 31 October 2018.