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A terrarium favorite.
| Plant Description | |
|---|---|
| Attribute | Information |
| Growth | Indeterminate |
| Habit | Miniature rosette |
| Leaves | Green. Fuzzy. |
| Dormancy | Usually not dormant. Reseeds easily. |
| Flowering | |
| Attribute | Information |
| Inflorescence | Flowers in leaf axils |
| Season | Intermittent blooming |
| Flower | Purple/white, tubular |
| Horticultural Aspects | |
| Attribute | Information |
| Hardiness | Probably not hardy |
| Botany | |
| Attribute | Information |
| Taxonomic group | The aghensis group of the Corytholoma clade. |
See Ron Myhr's Gesneriad Reference Web for a picture.
The Gesneriad Society web site has a picture of a plant grown by Dale Martens.
Sinningia pusilla was first published (as Tapina pusilla) in 1829 by Carl Friedrich Phillip von Martius (1794-1868). It was published as a sinningia in 1888 by Henri Ernest Baillon (1827-1895).
Etymology: Latin pusilla ("small", usually in a pejorative sense, cf. English "pusillanimous"). Ultimately from same Indo-European root ("pau") as English words "few", "poor".