Lophospermum erubescens D.Don
Tender evergreen climber with toothed, triangular leaves and rose-coloured flowers. [RHSD, Hortus]. See also Lophospermum scandens D.Don.
Horticultural & Botanical History
‘This truly magnificent creeper, whose climbing stems, copiously adorned with leaves and with large, campanulate blossoms, render it a very desirable object of cultivation.’ Raised by P. Neill of Cannonmills, Edinburgh, in 1830. [BM t.3037, 3038/1830 as Lophospermum scandens]. ‘It [Lophospermum erubescens] was at first supposed to be the same as the Lophospermum scandens; but Mr. Don, having lately compared the garden plant with the original in Mr. Lambert’s Herbarium, has ascertained it to be a new species.’ [BR f.1381/1830].
History at Camden Park
Seed order to Hurst and McMullen, Seedsmen and Florists of London, on 8th April 1846. [MP A2933-1, p.132]. I have found no other record.
Notes
As John Lindley intimated in the Botanical Register description, considered by some to be synonymous with Lophospermum scandens D.Don, which see.
Published Sep 24, 2009 - 01:49 PM | Last updated Jul 31, 2010 - 03:36 PM
Lophospermum erubescens D.Don | BR f.1381/1830 | BHL
| Family | Scrophulariaceae |
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| Region of origin | Mexico |
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| Name in the Camden Park Record | Lophospermum erubescens |
| Confidence level | high |