Claim · model-written summary
The plant flowered and flourished at the Chelsea garden in 1761.
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Verbatim
e0“This plant blowed in the Physick garden at Chelsea, and flourished there in great perfection in the year 1761”
t0“Peruvian plant”
Title
Georg Dionysius Ehret Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London 1763. doi:10.1098/rstl.1763.0027
Other claims from this paper (4)
- Observation Its branches spread across the ground surface and multiplied through alternate side branches.
- Observation Branches were smooth near the ground and streaked toward the top.
- Observation Each joint bore many ovate leaves with membranous ciliated footstalks.
- Observation The plant produced abundant buds and sky-blue flowers with dark purple bases.