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Schwenckia angustifolia

Schwenckia angustifolia
Photo: Thomaz Ricardo Favreto Sinani, CC BY 4.0

Schwenckia angustifolia is a small, hairless, herbaceous Brazilian plant in the nightshade family with narrow leaves and slender flower clusters. It is a wild species rarely grown in gardens, so it is best kept in a warm, sunny spot with well-drained soil.

Family
Solanaceae (Nightshade family)
Light
Full sun
Water
Water when the top of the soil feels dry, and avoid soggy roots.
Soil
Well-drained, moderately fertile soil or a light potting mix.
Temperature
18–30 °C; protect below 10 °C
How easy
Moderate
Native range
Brazil
Climate
seasonally dry tropical

About

Schwenckia angustifolia is a species of flowering plant in the family Solanaceae. It belongs to the genus Schwenckia, a group of herbaceous plants native mainly to tropical regions of the Americas. S. angustifolia is native to Brazil.

Other Schwenckia plants

Schwenckia alvaroana · Schwenckia americana · Schwenckia aurantiaca · Schwenckia breviseta · Schwenckia curviflora · Schwenckia elegans · Schwenckia filiformis · Schwenckia glabrata · Schwenckia grandiflora · Schwenckia heterantha · Schwenckia huberi · Schwenckia hyssopifolia

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Schwenckia angustifolia 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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