Bartlettina sordida

Taxobox


regnum = Plantae
divisio = Magnoliophyta
unranked_classis = eudicot
ordo = Asterales
familia = Asteraceae
tribus = Eupatorieae
genus = "Bartlettina"
species = "B. sordida"
binomial = "Bartlettina sordida"
binomial_authority = (Less.) R.M.King & H.Rob.
synonyms = "Eupatorium megalophyllum" (Lem.) N.E. Br. [ [http://www.plantes-ornementales.com/b-sordida.html Bartlettina sordida] ] [cite web | url = http://www.abc.net.au/gardening/stories/s1484679.htm | title = Transcript - Episode 40 | date = 12 November 2005 | work = Gardening Australia | publisher = Australian Broadcasting Corporation] cite book | url = http://www.weedscrc.org.au/documents/intro_flora_australia.pdf | title = The introduced flora of Australia and its weed status | author = R.P. Randall | publisher = CRC for Australian Weed Management Department of Agriculture and Food, Western Australia | date = September 2007 | isbn = 978-1-920932-60-2]
"Eupatorium sordidum"

"Bartlettina sordida", formerly classified in the genus "Eupatorium", is an evergreen, erect shrub with reddish-purple branches clothed in slightly rough, dark green leaves with prominent venation and paler undersides.

Large clusters of lilac flowers appear in spring. The plant is frost tender under 5 degrees Celsius. [Encyclopaedia of Garden Plants, Reader's Digest, Sydney, 1998]

Plants grow to 1.5 metres high to 1.2 metres wide.

The very large leaves are up to 10 inches (25 cm) longs and 8 inches (20 cm) wide. The plants are native to Mexico, although they have escaped cultivation in Australia and are considered by some to be weeds. They require full sun to part shade and moist, but well drained soils. Propagation is via seed and cuttings. [Botanica's Trees & Shrubs, Randon House, Sydney, 2001]

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