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Begonia pearcei is a tuberous Bolivian begonia grown for its velvety dark green leaves with straw-coloured veins and small bright yellow flowers. It is a key parent of the yellow-flowered tuberous begonia hybrids, and it needs a warm, bright spot with well-drained, evenly moist soil.
Begonia pearcei is a plant in the begonia family, Begoniaceae. It was introduced to Europe in 1864 by Richard Pearce (after whom it was named) who discovered it in the Bolivian Andes on the south-eastern altiplano, where it's likely endemic. It's a tuberous geophyte and grows primarily in seasonally dry tropical biomes.
B. pearcei is important in the hybridizing of the Begonia × tuberhybrida begonias, the first of which appeared in 1867. All B. x tuberhybrida cultivars with yellow flowers are direct descendants of B. pearcei.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Begonia pearcei by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.
The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
Pet safety from the ASPCA toxic and non-toxic plant lists.
