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Definition of Petunia axillaris
1. Noun. Annual herb having large nocturnally fragrant white flowers.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Petunia Axillaris
Literary usage of Petunia axillaris
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. An Illustrated Flora of the Northern United States, Canada and the British by Nathaniel Lord Britton, Addison Brown (1913)
"Petunia axillaris (Lam.) BSP White 2. in Petunia. Fig. 3733. ... Petunia axillaris
BSP Prel. Cat. NY 38. 1888. Very viscid; stem stout, about i° high. ..."
2. The Vascular Flora of Pennsylvania: Annotated Checklist and Atlas by Ann Fowler Rhoads, William M. Klein (1993)
"Petunia Herbaceous annual Cultivated and escaped to old fields, waste ground,
rubbish dumps and paving cracks. Petunia axillaris (Lam. ..."
3. The Vascular Flora of Pennsylvania: Annotated Checklist and Atlas by Ann Fowler Rhoads, William M. Klein (1993)
"Petunia Herbaceous annual Cultivated and escaped to old fields, waste ground,
rubbish dumps and paving cracks. Petunia axillaris (Lam. ..."
4. The Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture: A Discussion for the Amateur, and by Liberty Hyde Bailey (1916)
"Petunia axillaris. ( XH) Garden petunias are small soft plants of straggling or
decumbent habit, pubescent and usually more or less sticky, with large showy ..."