Achimenes

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Other common names

baby gloxinia, box bluebell, Cupid's bow, German violet, kewpie's bower, magic flower, sand petunia, upside-down plant, widow's tears

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No preference

Botanical Details

Family
Gesneriaceae
Native to GB/Ireland
No
Genus
Achimenes are rhizomatous herbaceous perennials with scaly rhizomes producing trailing stems bearing simple, opposite or whorled leaves and salver-shaped showy flowers in the leaf axils in summer and autumn
Name Status
Correct