Nolana paradoxa

Nolana paradoxa
At the Berlin Botanical Garden and Botanical Museum
Botanical illustration
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Solanales
Family: Solanaceae
Genus: Nolana
Species:
N. paradoxa
Binomial name
Nolana paradoxa
Synonyms
List
    • Nolana alba Phil.
    • Nolana atriplicifolia D.Don
    • Nolana atriplicifolia f. alba (S.W.Fletcher) Moldenke
    • Nolana atriplicifolia var. cuneifolia Dunal
    • Nolana geminiflora Phil.
    • Nolana grandiflora F.Dietr.
    • Nolana littoralis (Miers) Dunal
    • Nolana napiformis Phil.
    • Nolana navarri Phil.
    • Nolana ochrocarpa Phil.
    • Nolana paradoxa var. alba S.W.Fletcher
    • Nolana paradoxa subsp. atriplicifolia (D.Don) Mesa
    • Nolana petiolata (Phil.) Reiche
    • Nolana rupestris Phil.
    • Periloba paradoxa (Lindl.) Raf.
    • Sorema atriplicifolia (D.Don) Lindl.
    • Sorema littoralis Miers
    • Sorema paradoxa (Lindl.) Lindl.
    • Sorema petiolata Phil.

Nolana paradoxa, the Chilean bellflower, is a species of flowering plant in the family Solanaceae, native to central and southern Chile. A spreading half-hardy annual reaching 9 in (23 cm) and useful as an edger or ground cover, it requires full sun. There is a cultivar, 'Blue Bird'.

N. paradoxa serves as a model system for scientific studies on flower color.

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