Common Names
Common Names in English:
Cabana Sutera
Description
Family Scrophulariaceae
Herbs, sometimes shrubs
, rarely trees
; mostly autotrophic, less often hemiparasitic or parasitic. Stipules absent. Leaves alternate, opposite, whorled
, or basally opposite and apically alternate, simple
or sometimes pinnately dissected
. Inflorescences racemes
, spikes, or thyrsoid
panicles, determinate or indeterminate, or flowers solitary. Flowers perfect
, usually zygomorphic, rarely actinomorphic
. Calyx often persistent
, (2-) 4- or 5-lobed or -parted, variously connate
. Corolla sympetalous
; limb (3 or) 4- or 5-lobed, often 2-lipped. Stamens mostly 4, didynamous
, sometimes 1 or 2 staminodes present, less often 2 or 5 stamens; anther
locules 1 or 2, equal or subequal
, free
or confluent
. Nectary
often present at base
of ovary, ringlike, cupular, or reduced to a gland
. Ovary superior, 2-loculed, rarely apically 1-loculed; ovules numerous
, rarely 2 per locule, on axile
placentas, anatropous
or hemitropous
. Style
simple; stigma capitate, 2-lobed, or 2-lamellate. Fruit a capsule, septicidal
, loculicidal, or septifragal, sometimes opening by pores
or irregularly dehiscent
, rarely a berry. Seeds minute or rarely conspicuous
, sometimes winged
; testa often reticulate
; hilum
lateral
or ventral
; endosperm fleshy
or absent; embryo straight or curved
.
About 220 genera and 4500 species: cosmopolitan
; 61 genera (seven endemic) and 681 species (415 endemic) throughout China but with a greater concentration in SW China.Deyuan Hong, Hanbi Yang, Cun-li Jin, Manfred A. Fischer, Noel H. Holmgren & Robert R. Mill "Scrophulariaceae". in Flora of China Vol. 18 Page 1. Published by Science Press (Beijing) and Missouri Botanical Garden Press. Online at EFloras.org.
Physical Description
Habit: Trailing perennial .
Flowers: Blooms May, June, July, August, September, October.
Foliage: Herbaceous evergreen foliage .
Size/Age/Growth
Size: 6" tall, with trailing stems up to 1 foot long.
Biology
Growth
Culture: Space 6-9" apart. Propagate from leaf cuttings or seed. Allow seed pods to dry on plant, then break open to collect. Seeds can be stored.
Soil: Needs moist, well-drained soil. Likes slightly acidic soil, with a pH of 5.6 to 6.5.
Sunlight: Sun Exposure: Full sun or part shade. Prefers full sun.
Moisture: Water Requirements: Needs consistently moist soil.
Temperature: Minimum Temperature (F): 28°F. • Cold Hardiness: 9b, 10a, 10b, 11. (map)
Taxonomy
- Domain:
Eukaryota
(
)
- Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- Kingdom:
Plantae
()
- Haeckel, 1866
- Plants
- Subkingdom:
Viridaeplantae
()
- Cavalier-Smith, 1981
- Phylum:
Tracheophyta
()
- Sinnott, 1935 Ex Cavalier-Smith, 1998
- Vascular Plants
- Subphylum:
Euphyllophytina
()
- Infraphylum:
Radiatopses
()
- Kenrick & Crane, 1997
- Class:
Magnoliopsida
()
- Brongniart, 1843
- Dicotyledons
- Subclass:
Lamiidae
()
- Takhtajan Ex Reveal, 1992
- Superorder:
Lamianae
()
- Takhtajan, 1967
- Order:
Scrophulariales
()
- Lindley, 1833
- Family:
Scrophulariaceae
()
- Durande, 1782, Nom. Cons.
- Figwort Family
- Subfamily:
Scrophularioideae
()
- Subfamily:
Scrophularioideae
(
- Family:
Scrophulariaceae
(
- Order:
Scrophulariales
(
- Superorder:
Lamianae
(
- Subclass:
Lamiidae
(
- Class:
Magnoliopsida
(
- Infraphylum:
Radiatopses
(
- Subphylum:
Euphyllophytina
(
- Phylum:
Tracheophyta
(
- Subkingdom:
Viridaeplantae
(
- Kingdom:
Plantae
(
Similar Species
Members of the genus Sutera
There are approximately 291 species in this genus. Here are just 100 of them:
S. 'Bacoble' · S. 'Balabimblu' · S. 'Balabwhiti' · S. 'Balbreplum' · S. 'Balbreupit' · S. 'Bermuda Sand' (Bacopa) · S. 'Bermuda Sky' (Bacopa) · S. 'Blisch' · S. 'Chimo' · S. 'Coral Island' · S. 'Dancoplace' · S. 'Dangul14' · S. 'Dobrit' · S. 'Eskimo' · S. 'Flicflac' · S. 'Giant Cloud' · S. 'Gicomwhi14' · S. 'Hasuteshi' · S. 'Inuit' · S. 'Lavender Storm' · S. 'Lieba' · S. 'Moamba' · S. 'Mogoto' · S. 'Novasnow' · S. 'Prosutv' · S. 'Rarosil' · S. 'Red Revolution' · S. 'Rothlav' · S. 'Roy's Choice' · S. 'Siljur' · S. 'Snowstorm Ice Blue' (Snowstorm Ice Blue Bacopa) · S. 'Subagiwi' · S. 'Sumatra Indigo' · S. 'Sumsut 01' · S. 'Sunlav' · S. 'Sunwit' · S. 'Suprerui' · S. 'Sutharis' · S. 'Suttis 98' · S. 'Wesbadream' · S. 'Wesbalilac' · S. 'Wesbamega' · S. 'Wesbavio' · S. 'Wesbawei' · S. 'Yagemag' · S. 'Yagemil' · S. 'Yagepin' · S. 'Yagero' · S. 'Yagevi' · S. 'Yasflos' · S. Abunda Blue Improved = 'Balabimblu' · S. Abunda Giant White = 'Blisch' · S. Abunda White Improved = 'Balabwhiti' · S. accrescens · S. acutiloba · S. adpressa · S. aethiopica · S. affinis · S. African Dawn = 'Siljur' · S. African Sunset = 'Rarosil' · S. albiflora · S. altoplana · S. amplexicaulis · S. annua · S. antirrhinoides · S. archeri · S. arcuata · S. argentea · S. asbestina · S. aspalathoides · S. atrocaerulea · S. atropurpurea · S. aurantiaca · S. batlapina · S. beverlyana · S. bicolor · S. blantyrensis · S. bolusii · S. brachiata · S. bracteolata · S. Breeze Plum = 'Balbreplum' · S. Breeze White = 'Balbreupit' · S. breviflora · S. brevifora · S. brunnea · S. burchellii · S. burkeana · S. Cabana = 'Suttis 98' · S. Cabana Trailing White · S. caerulea · S. calciphila · S. calycina · S. campanulata · S. canariensis · S. Candy Floss = 'Yasflos' · S. canescens · S. carvalhoi · S. cephalotes · S. cinerea · S. Cloud 9 Trailing Lavender = 'Sutharis'
Bibliography
- Tsoong Puchiu & Yang Hanbi, eds. 1979. Scrophulariaceae (1). Fl. Reipubl. Popularis Sin. 67(2): 1-431. Tsoong Puchiu, ed. 1963. Scrophulariaceae (2). Fl. Reipulb. Popularis Sin. 68: 1-449.
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