General Information

COMMON NAMES: Episcia, Creeping Violet GLOBAL DISTRIBUTION: NATIVE Colombia - Venezuela; EXOTIC worldwide COOK ISLANDS STATUS: Introduced - Recent, Not naturalised; Land, lowlands, gardens SIGNIFICANCE LIST: Ornamental leaves and flowers (3+) KEY FEATURES: Creeping herb. LEAVES oval, to 10x7cm, green and broadly silvered along vein; teeth rounded. FLOWERS 2-4 on long hairy stalk, red, tube with flat face, 2cmØ; lobes 5, round; stamens 4-5 with anthers, hidden within tube; style with 2 lobes. Various cvs and hybrids.

Cook Islands Distribution

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Southern Group: Present    Makatea:
RR	MG	AT	MK	MT	AK	PL	TK	MN
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Northern Group:
TN	MH	RK	PK	NS	SW
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Episcia cupreata (Hook.)
SYNONYMS: Achimenes cupreata [O]

TAXONOMY: PLANTAE; ANTHOPHYTA (=Angiospermae); MAGNOLIOPSIDA (=Dicotyledones); ASTERIDAE; Scrophulariales; GESNERIACEAE

IDENTIFICATION: Creeping hairy perennial. STOLONS to 50cm, hairy. LEAVES clustered, opposite, succulent, oval, to 10x7cm, green with silver blotching along midrib and veins; teeth rounded. FLOWERS in axils, 2-4 on long hairy stalk, red; corolla a tube and a flat face (2cmØ) with 5 rounded lobes; stamens 4-5 with anthers, hidden within tube; style with 2 lobes at tip. Several cvs and hybrids.

Vouchers:
None Recorded.

References:
p.774 Neal - In Gardens of Hawaii
p.432 Hortus 3rd
p.496 Tropica
p.5/114 A.C.Smith - Flora Vitiensis Nova

Data Update History (information):
zTX, zB02, zM02, zupM03a, zD02

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