Petunia hybrida E.Vilm.

Species

Angiosperms > Solanales > Solanaceae > Petunia

Characteristics

Herbs annual, 30-60 cm tall, glandular hairy. Leaves short petiolate or subsessile; leaf blade ovate, 3-8 × 1.5-4.5 cm, base cuneate, margin entire, apex acute. Pedicel 3-5 cm. Calyx deeply parted, 1-1.8 cm × 3.5 mm; lobes linear, 1-1.5 cm × 3.5 mm, obtuse. Corolla white, red, yellow, or purple, sometimes fragrant, funnelform, 5-7 cm, limb spreading. Style slightly exceeding stamens. Capsules conical, ca. 1 cm. Seeds subglobose, ca. 0.5 mm in diam.
Life form annual
Growth form herb
Growth support -
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 0.3 - 0.6
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Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway c3

Environment

Light -
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Usage

Uses environmental use
Edible -
Therapeutic use -
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Mode -
Germination duration (days) 10 - 21
Germination temperacture (C°) 21 - 23
Germination luminosity light
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Optimum temperature (C°) -
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Images

Petunia hybrida unspecified picture

Distribution

Petunia hybrida world distribution map, present in China

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:817245-1
WFO ID wfo-0001024435
COL ID 52QM8
BDTFX ID 48445
INPN ID 149302
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Synonyms

Petunia argentea Petunia atkinsiana Petunia atkinsii Petunia meleagris Stimoryne hybrida Petunia violacea var. hybrida Petunia hybrida