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Petunia inflata is a species of flowering plant in the family Solanaceae, native to Paraguay, northeastern Argentina, and southern Brazil. [1] It is a member of the Petunia integrifolia clade, and is one of the parents of the garden petunia, Petunia × atkinsiana (formerly Petunia × hybrida ). [ 2 ]
Petunia violacea Lindl. has been reported to be used as a hallucinogen in Ecuador, where the plant has the vernacular name shanín.The drug is said to cause sensations of levitation and flight – a type of hallucination often associated with the use of the more toxic hallucinogenic plants of the deliriant type; e.g., the tropane-containing Atropa and Hyoscyamus, active constituents of the ...
Petunia is a genus of 20 species of flowering plants of South American origin. [1] The popular flower of the same name derived its epithet from the French, which took the word pétun, 'tobacco', from a Tupi–Guarani language. A tender perennial, most of the varieties seen in gardens are hybrids (Petunia × atkinsiana, also known as Petunia × ...
The genera Brunfelsia, Plowmania, Fabiana, Nierembergia and Petunia furnish garden plants bearing attractive flowers.Brunfelsia and Plowmania are genera of tropical shrubs requiring glasshouse protection in temperate climate areas; Fabiana species are hardy shrubs; Nierembergia species are dwarf, hardy herbaceous perennials or sub-shrubs, and Petunia × atkinsiana has yielded a huge variety of ...
Petunia × atkinsiana (synonym: Petunia × hybrida) is a Petunia plant "nothospecies" , which encompasses all hybrid species of petunia between P. axillaris and P. integrifolia. [1] Most of the petunias sold for cultivation in home gardens are this type and belong to this nothospecies.
Petunia inflata; Petunia integrifolia; O. Orange petunia This page was last edited on 19 March 2019, at 20:16 (UTC). Text is available under the Creative Commons ...
Petunia axillaris, the large white petunia, [1] wild white petunia or white moon petunia, [2] is an annual herbaceous plant in the family Solanaceae, genus Petunia. [3] It is native to temperate South America. The plant's flowers, the only white ones found in the Petunia genus, are 3 to 7 cm long. [4]
Ruellia simplex, the Mexican petunia, Mexican bluebell or Britton's wild petunia, is a species of flowering plant in the family Acanthaceae that is native to Mexico, the Caribbean, and South America. It has become a widespread invasive plant in Florida , where it was likely introduced as an ornamental before 1933, [ 1 ] [ 2 ] as well as in the ...