Stellenbosch University Botanical Garden, South Africa
Stellenbosch University Botanical Garden, South Africa
Stellenbosch University Botanical Garden, South Africa
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Taxon
Begonia
bowerae
Common name:
Eyelash begonia
Family:
Begoniaceae (Begonia)
Distribution:
Mexico
IUCN Red list:
Not evaluated
Life form:
Geophyte (bulb, corm or tuber - seasonally dormant)
Comments:
Its natural habitat is the shadowy area on the floor of the tropical forest as ground-cover and as a non-stem-forming plant. Regarded as the prettiest begonias for its foliage, they are very popular houseplants.
Links:
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Plants Rescue
Locations
1:
Fern house
(Fern House)
• Accession: 1999-527/1 • Provenance: Unrecorded
Area
Individual