Petunia axillaris
The story
Deep in the temperate landscapes of South America, spanning southern Brazil, Uruguay, and Argentina, grows a wild herbaceous annual. This plant holds a special place in horticultural history: by crossing it with another species, breeders created the very hybrid that now fills home gardens across the globe.
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- Family
- Solanaceae
How to use it
This species is highly valuable in horticulture as a parent plant. When crossed with another species, it is used to produce the popular hybrid garden petunias that are widely cultivated in home gardens.
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About
Petunia axillaris, the large white petunia, wild white petunia or white moon petunia, is an annual herbaceous plant in the family Solanaceae, genus Petunia. It is native to temperate South America comprising southern Brazil, parts of Argentina and Uruguay. The plant's flowers, the only white ones found in the Petunia genus, are 3 to 7 cm long. The commonly-grown garden petunia is a hybrid of P. axillaris and P. integrifolia.
Ecology
How it lives
- Propagated by
- Seed
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- Name
- Petunia axillaris
- Slug
- petunia-axillaris
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Family
- Solanaceae
- Genus
- Petunia
- Species
- axillaris
- Wikidata QID
- Q3377722
- Propagule type
- seed
- Container suitable
- No
- Indoor suitable
- No
- OSSI pledged
- No
- Hazard level
- 1
- Data completeness
- 43
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