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Solanaceae
Cup Flower
Nierembergia hippomanica
Delicate persistence.
- Family
- Solanaceae
- Genus
- Nierembergia
- Native to
- Argentina, Uruguay, South America
- Bloom season
- Summer, Fall
- Type
- perennial herb
- Height
- 0.5-1.5 ft
- Sunlight
- full sun to part shade
- Soil
- well-drained, moist
- Water
- moderate
- Hardiness
- 7-10
- Lifespan
- perennial
Did you know
- Cup flower produces masses of dainty cup-shaped blooms with a yellow eye from late spring until frost.
- Despite its delicate appearance, nierembergia is remarkably heat and humidity tolerant, thriving where other plants decline.
- The genus is named after Juan Eusebio Nieremberg, a 17th-century Spanish Jesuit priest and natural philosopher.
- It is related to petunias and nightshades within the vast Solanaceae family, sharing some family characteristics.
- In warm climates it behaves as a short-lived perennial; in cold climates it is grown as a summer annual.
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