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Jaltomata grandiflora

Jaltomata grandiflora
Photo: The New York Botanical Garden, CC BY 4.0

Jaltomata grandiflora is a rare perennial herb to subshrub from Michoacán, Mexico, growing up to about 100 cm tall. It is seldom cultivated, so growing it means treating it like a warm, frost-tender relative of tomatoes and bell peppers.

Family
Solanaceae (Nightshade family)
Grows as
Perennial
Light
Full sun, Part shade
Water
Water when the top few centimetres of soil dry out, and let it dry slightly between waterings.
Soil
Free-draining, fertile potting mix or loam with added perlite or sand.
Temperature
18–30 °C; protect below 10 °C
How easy
Moderate
Native range
Mexico (Michoacán)
Climate
seasonally dry tropical

About

Jaltomata grandiflora is a rare plant species native to the Mexican State of Michoacán.

Jaltomata grandiflora is a perennial herb to subshrub, up to 100 cm tall. Flowers are white to pale green with darker green spots and uncolored nectar. Fruits at maturity are pale purple.

Other Jaltomata plants

Antilles false holly · Jaltomata aspera · Jaltomata cajacayensis · Jaltomata chihuahuensis · Jaltomata cuyasensis · Jaltomata lojae · Creeping false holly · Jaltomata weberbaueri · Jaltomata werffii · False holly

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Jaltomata grandiflora 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.

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