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Schwenckia glabrata is a subshrub in the nightshade family from tropical South America (Colombia, Venezuela, northern Brazil), known for its funnel-shaped flowers. It is a wild plant of open habitats and is rarely grown as an ornamental, so care advice is general.
Schwenckia glabrata is a species of flowering plant in the family Solanaceae. It belongs to the genus Schwenckia, a group of herbaceous plants and subshrubs distributed mainly in tropical regions of the Americas.
The species was first described by German botanist Carl Sigismund Kunth in 1818.
Schwenckia glabrata is indigenous to Colombia, Venezuela and northern Brazil. The species grows primarily in tropical environments, where it occurs in open habitats. It is adapted to warm climates and seasonal conditions.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Schwenckia glabrata 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.
