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Ornamental - It is used as ornamental plant.
United States
Known for its vibrant, trumpet-shaped blooms, this plant is a garden favourite. Often grown in hanging baskets.
Herbs annual, 30-60 cm tall.
Stem of the plant is green, flexible, and branching. It may feel slightly hairy due to fine hairs.
Leaves short petiolate or subsessile; leaf blade ovate, 3-8 × 1.5-4.5 cm, base cuneate, margin entire, apex acute.
Pedicel 3-5 cm. Calyx deeply parted, 1-1.8 cm × 3.5 mm; lobes linear, 1-1.5 cm × 3.5 mm, obtuse. Corolla white, red, yellow, or purple, sometimes fragrant, funnelform, 5-7 cm, limb spreading. Style slightly exceeding stamens.
Capsules conical, ca. 1 cm. Seeds subglobose, ca. 0.5 mm in diam.
Flowering: May-September