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Callisia,
Basket-Plant,
Spironema
Callisia fragrans
(Lindl.) Woodson
caw-LIZ-ee-ah
FRAY-grans
Commelinaceae
Explanation
of name:
Generic name comes from Greek callos for beauty. Fragrans means
fragrant.
Natural
range:
Mesoamerica
Recognition:
An aggressive, spreading, strongly stoloniferous groundcover where each rosette,
standing up to about a foot tall, resembles a Bromeliad. Small white flowers
rising from the rosettes on arching wands.
Landscape
uses:
An effective, forgiving, space-filling groundcover. This is the perfect formula
for an invasive exotic species. This one is listed as Category II by the
Florida Exotic Pest
Plant Council. Not recommended.
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Botanical |
English |
FL native |
Growth form
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Flowering season
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Typical dimensions
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Suggested spacing |
Cultural conditions
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Problems
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Callisia fragrans |
Basket-Plant
Spironema |
Exotic
Invasive
FEPPCII |
Groundcover
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Warm months (PBCC) |
To about 1’ tall (PBCC) |
1’
(PBCC) |
SU-PS
WT
AT
ME
DT
(DAV, PBCC) |
Invasive FEPPCII |
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