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This picture was taken by Jim Roberts in Brazil. He and Mauro Peixoto found a number of these plants growing on a beach.
This picture, also taken by Jim Roberts, shows a Sinningia aggregata tuber wedged into rocks. Like many exposed tubers in habitat, it is covered with epiphytes, in this case probably lichens and perhaps a few mosses.
S. aggregata 'Pendulina' has been crossed with S. sceptrum to obtain a fertile hybrid, which was then crossed with S. tubiflora to yield another fertile (and scented) hybrid, S. 'Apricot Bouquet'.
| Plant Description |
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| Growth | Indeterminate |
| Habit | Stems upright or sprawling |
| Leaves | Green, hairy, often sticky |
| Dormancy | Stems fully deciduous |
Flowering |
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| Inflorescence | Axillary cyme |
| Season | Blooms in summer |
| Flower | Red, tubular. There is also a yellow-flowered variety. |
Horticultural aspects |
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| Hardiness | The late Fred Stryker had a S. aggregata plant growing outdoors in San Jose, California, where it would have been exposed to at least 0 C (32 F). |
Botany |
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| Taxonomic group | The tall-or-sticky group of the Corytholoma clade. |
See a picture on Ron Myhr's Gesneriad Reference Web. There is also a picture of the yellow-flowered form. And Ron recommends this picture.
Sinningia aggregata was first published (as Gesneria aggregata) in 1818 by John Bellenden Ker-Gawler (1764-1842). It was later a Corytholoma (1848) and a Rechsteineria (1891). Hans Wiehler transferred it to Sinningia in 1975.
Etymology: Latin aggregata ("assembled"), from greg- (nom. sing. grex), "crowd".