Ceratotheca triloba

CERATOTHECA triloba
South African Foxglove

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Type:
Annual

Height: 4' (120cm)

Flowering Time: Summer

Flower Colour: Mauve

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Botanical Classification:

Class:
Angiospermae (Angiosperms)

Subclass: Dicotyledonae (Dicotyledons)

Superorder: Asteridae (Daisy Superorder)

Order: Scrophulariales (Figwort Order)

Family: Pedaliaceae (Sesame Family)

Genus: Ceratotheca

Species: triloba (with three lobes)

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Ceratotheca triloba is an annual or biennial from South Africa which has become popular in recent years. It is easily grown, with flower stems reaching a height of about four feet or more. They bear nettle-type leaves and large, fuzzy, soft mauve foxglove-type flowers with deep purple lines on the lower lip and throat in summer.
Despite its common name, it is not from the same family as the Foxgloves, which may be why the flowers are a more blue shade than Foxgloves.
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Harvesting and Growing from Seed:

Seed Pod
The seed pod is long and oval, with two points.

Seed
The seeds are small black pips. There are several seeds in each seedpod.

Seedling
The seedleaves are slightly rounded. The first true leaves are pointed and softly hairy.

Seed sowing and Germination
Winter: Seeds sown inside in winter germinated in 8 days. Seeds sown outside in winter germinated in 207 days.
Spring: Seeds sown inside in spring germinated in 8 days.

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	Seed Pod The seed pod is long and oval, with two points.
	Seed The seeds are small black pips. There are several seeds in each seedpod.
	Seedling The seedleaves are slightly rounded. The first true leaves are pointed and softly hairy.
Seed sowing and Germination Winter: Seeds sown inside in winter germinated in 8 days. Seeds sown outside in winter germinated in 207 days. Spring: Seeds sown inside in spring germinated in 8 days.