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Definition of Nierembergia frutescens
1. Noun. Shrubby Chilean herb having bluish-white tubular flowers used as an ornamental.
Group relationships: Genus Nierembergia
Generic synonyms: Cupflower, Nierembergia
Lexicographical Neighbors of Nierembergia Frutescens
Literary usage of Nierembergia frutescens
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Hardy Flowers: Descriptions of Upwards of Thirteen Hundred of the Most by William Robinson (1878)
"The rock-garden Nierembergia frutescens (Tall K.) —A very elegant plant, naturally
of somewhat shrubby habit, but with us usually cut down by frosts in ..."
2. Alpines and Bog-plants by Reginald John Farrer (1908)
"white, with darker veining and a purple eye—delicate as Nierembergia frutescens
and entrancing as Geranium ..."
3. Annales des sciences naturelles by Adolphe Brongniart, Antoine Guillemin, Joseph Decaisne, Philippe Édouard Léon Van Tieghem, Julien Costantin, Pierre Allorge, Louis Blaringhem (1834)
"Nierembergia frutescens Dur. — Nous n'avons pas pu suivre le développement du
tégument séminal de cette espèce. Adulti! et en coupe transversale, ..."
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