- Bacopa Cabana
Bacopa Cabana is the common name of a cultivated variety of the
flower "Sutera cordata ". The English name is "The Pikmin Flower", after theGameCube gamePikmin . The plant was bred and marketed as an advertisement for the game, as it has a similar appearance to most flower images found within the game.A short-lived perennial for zones 9-ll, it is also evergreen. Grows annually in colder climates, it requires full sun to flower profusely. Height: 12 inches.
"Bacopa Cabana" is not the scientific name of the plant; it is not a member of the plant genus "
Bacopa ".References
* [http://nparsons271.tripod.com/pikmin/id14.html Pikmin Flower]
* [http://www.hort.cornell.edu/department/faculty/wmiller/bglannuals/2005/Sut%20C%20Pikmin%20Flower.html Cornell University Annual Flower Research, "Pikmin Flower"]
* [http://www.gamespot.com/gamecube/strategy/pikmin/news.html?sid=2831784&mode=all Gamespot News, "Pikmin becomes a flower"]
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