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I have never grown this species.
| Plant Description |
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| Growth | Indeterminate |
| Habit | Shrub with upright stems |
| Leaves | 4-8 cm [2.5-5 in] long. |
| Dormancy | No tuber |
Flowering |
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| Inflorescence | axillary cymes near apex of stem |
| Season | According to Perret et al., it blooms in late summer and autumn in Brazil. On his page for this species, Mauro Peixoto states that the plant must be over 1 m [3 feet] high to flower. |
| Flower | campanulate, yellowish, with longitudinal lines of dots on the interior of the corolla extending out onto the lobes. |
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Botany |
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| Taxonomic group | In a paliavana subgroup of the Sinningia clade. |
| Pollinator | Probably bats |
George Bentham (1800-1884), 1876.
The name comes from Latin sericum, meaning "silk" (and the root of the English word "serge"), and -flora.
Mauro Peixoto's web site has page on Paliavana sericiflora.