If I’m being honest, the hardest part of writing this column each week is deciding what plant to write about. Once I’ve ...

Dicliptera can be hard to find at nurseries, but Dave’s Garden lists it as available through mail order. Dicliptera’s leaves are grayer than Zauschneria’s, plumper and downright velvety.

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VISAKHAPATNAM: In a notable discovery, a team of botanists from the Botanical Survey of India (BSI) has identified a new flowering species, Dicliptera srisailamica, in the Eastern Ghats. Led by L ...

Two new species, Dicliptera knappii from Guyana and D. granvillei from French Guiana, are described, illustrated, and compared with their closest relatives. Journal Information Since 1931, Brittonia, ...

SEPTEMBER is soft and billowy. Breezy days are filled with sunshine and because the light is changing, the garden seems a bit subdued in anticipation of autumn’s palette of gold, maroon, dusty ...

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A new fire-resilient, dual-blooming species of flowering plant, Dicliptera polymorpha, has been discovered in Talegaon Dabhade, India. This unique species features a rare spicate inflorescence and ...

A. ardys oviposited in nature on four acanth species (Dicliptera unguculata, Hypoestes phyllostachya, Justicia valerii, and Pseuderanthemum cuspidatum) and was reared with varied success on eight ...

A new species of flowering plant, Dicliptera polymorpha, has been discovered in Talegaon Dabhade, known for its fire-resilient properties and unique dual-blooming characteristics triggered by ...

In India, the Dicliptera genus includes 27 species, eight of which are endemic to the country. Andhra Pradesh alone is home to seven recorded species of Dicliptera, contributing significantly to ...

The Dicliptera polymorpha was first described in a study published in 2024, based on sightings in the Talegaon-Dabhade grasslands of Maharashtra, in 2020.