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Nierembergia scoparia
Also called Tall Cupflower
Broom cupflower is a herbaceous perennial from southern Brazil, Uruguay and northeast Argentina, growing up to about 2.5 feet tall with small pale blue, cup-shaped flowers. It is grown as a garden plant, and it does best in full sun with well-drained soil.
Nierembergia scoparia is a species of plant in the family Solanaceae.
It goes by the common name cupflower or tall cupflower. The species is an herbaceous perennial native to Argentina, Brazil, and Uruguay. It can grow up to 2.5 feet high. Flowers are up to an inch wide and pale blue.
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Nierembergia scoparia 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.
