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Achimenes erecta
3-665.52.09English: Magic flowers; Widow's tears; Cupid's bower; Hot water plant.
Name: may come from the Greek word cheimanos meaning tender or sensitive to cold.
Genus: 25 species.
Region: North America, Mexico, Central America.
Botany: tropical and subtropical rhizomatous, perennial herbs; trailing; leaves dark green, hairy, heart-shaped; stem reddish green; flowers bright red, last only a few days, produced from June to October.
Use: ornamental, hybrids are widely cultivated.
Taxonomy: Eucodonia is separated from Achimenes.
Name: may come from the Greek word cheimanos meaning tender or sensitive to cold.
Genus: 25 species.
Region: North America, Mexico, Central America.
Botany: tropical and subtropical rhizomatous, perennial herbs; trailing; leaves dark green, hairy, heart-shaped; stem reddish green; flowers bright red, last only a few days, produced from June to October.
Use: ornamental, hybrids are widely cultivated.
Taxonomy: Eucodonia is separated from Achimenes.