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Velvet Honeysuckle, Uruguayan firecracker plant or hummingbird plant

Dicliptera suberecta

Photo by joanbstanley
Published on Project Noah
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33.0848, -97.0685

Field Notes

Description:

felty grey leaves on a 20" tall x 3' wide, heat- and drought-loving deciduous clump. Topped from late spring until fall with terminal clusters of tubular orange flowers.

Habitat:

Garden in wildlife habitat yard.

Notes:

Hummingbird attractant.

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Dicliptera

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PublishedSeptember 20, 2013

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