Browallia americana L.

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Browallia americana

Photo: Bart Wursten
Greystone Nature Preserve, Harare

Browallia americana

Photo: David Gwynne-Evans
Lower slopes Mt Mabu

Browallia americana

Photo: David Gwynne-Evans
Lower slopes Mt Mabu

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Synonyms: Browallia viscosa Kunth
Common names: Jamaican forget-me-not (English)
Frequency: A local escape from gardens.
Status: Introduced
Description:
Annual herb to 70 cm tall, but often depauperate. Leaves ovate, ± entire. Flowers blue to violet or mauve to purple, sometimes white. Corolla tube to 15 mm long; limb to 14 mm across; each of the five principal corolla lobes 2-lobed or notched. Capsules erect, many-seeded.
Notes:
Derivation of specific name: americana: of America.
Habitat: In disturbed places: roadsides and as a weed of cultivated land.
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Worldwide distribution: Native from Mexico to Bolivia.
Zimbabwe distribution: N,C,E
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Flora of Mozambique: Browallia americana
Flora of Mozambique: cultivated Browallia americana
Flora of Zambia: Browallia americana
Flora of Zambia: cultivated Browallia americana
Flora of Zimbabwe: cultivated Browallia americana

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African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): Browallia americana
BHL (Biodiversity Heritage Library): Browallia americana
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Browallia americana
GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility): Browallia americana
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iNaturalist: Browallia americana
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Browallia americana
JSTOR Plant Science: Browallia americana
Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Browallia americana
Plants of the World Online: Browallia americana
Tropicos: Browallia americana
Wikipedia: Browallia americana


Copyright: Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten, Petra Ballings and Meg Coates Palgrave, 2002-24

Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T., Ballings, P. & Coates Palgrave, M. (2024). Flora of Zimbabwe: Species information: Browallia americana.
https://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=150900, retrieved 29 March 2024

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