Maurandya Barclayana
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''Maurandya barclayana'' (
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Asarina ''Asarina'' is a flowering plant genus of only one species, ''Asarina procumbens Mill.'' Search for "Asarina", the trailing snapdragon, which is native to France and Spain and introduced in Germany, Switzerland, Austria and Hungary. Originally ...
barclayana''; orth. var. ''M. barclaiana''), commonly called angels trumpet or Mexican viper, is an
ornamental plant Ornamental plants or garden plants are plants that are primarily grown for their beauty but also for qualities such as scent or how they shape physical space. Many flowering plants and garden varieties tend to be specially bred cultivars that i ...
in the family
Plantaginaceae Plantaginaceae, the plantain family, is a large, diverse family of flowering plants in the order Lamiales that includes common flowers such as snapdragon and foxglove. It is unrelated to the banana-like fruit also called "plantain." In older cl ...
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to Mexico. This plant is cited in ''The movements and habits of climbing plants'' by
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Description

Growing to in height, this
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climber has ivy-like leaves and white, pink or purple tubular flowers that occur in spring and summer. It is a climbing, fibrous-rooted
perennial A perennial plant or simply perennial is a plant that lives more than two years. The term ('' per-'' + '' -ennial'', "through the years") is often used to differentiate a plant from shorter-lived annuals and biennials. The term is also wide ...
with stems usually having adventitious roots. Its lamina leaves that are triangular-cordate or triangular-hastate, 1–3.5 cm in length and 8–30 mm wide. The apex is acute to attenuate. Basal lobes are acute or undiscerning, with some margins, and small teeth towards the base. It is
palmate The following is a list of terms which are used to describe leaf morphology in the description and taxonomy of plants. Leaves may be simple (a single leaf blade or lamina) or compound (with several leaflets). The edge of the leaf may be regular o ...
ly veined and has a petiole that is 1–1.5 cm long. Peduncles are 2–5 cm long.
Sepal A sepal () is a part of the flower of angiosperms (flowering plants). Usually green, sepals typically function as protection for the flower in bud, and often as support for the petals when in bloom., p. 106 The term ''sepalum'' was coined b ...
s are long and simple, which are 10–15 mm long in flower and 20 mm long in fruit. Corolla is 3–4.5 cm long, purple in colour, and is lighter near the base. The lobes are shorter than the tube.


Cultivation

As it does not tolerate being frozen, in
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climates it is often grown under glass in a conservatory, or alternatively as a tender annual. It requires a sheltered position in full sun. It has gained the
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. It can be propagated by seed or by softwood cuttings.A Spanish 'blue-stocking'
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References


Sources

* Plantaginaceae Flora of Mexico Vines Plants described in 1797 {{Plantaginaceae-stub