Heliophila coronopifolia

HELIOPHILA coronopifolia
(HELIOPHILA longifolia)

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Type:
Annual

Height: 18" (50cm)

Flowering Time: Summer

Flower Colour: Blue

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Botanical Classification:

Class:
Angiospermae (Angiosperms)

Subclass: Dicotyledonae (Dicotyledons)

Superorder: Dilleniiidae (Dillenia Superorder)

Order: Capparales (Caper Order)

Family: Brassicaceae (Cabbage Family)
(formerly Cruciferae)

Genus: Heliophila

Species: coronopifolia (with leaves like those of Coronopus)

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Heliophila coronopifolia is a short annual with feathery leaves and bright blue, four-petalled flowers in summer. It is not fully hardy, so should be planted out after any danger of frost. If grown in warm conditions, it tends to be leggy and weedy.
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Harvesting and Growing from Seed:

Seed Pod
The seedpod is long and thin, squashed together between the seeds.

Seed
The seeds are small flattish discs. There are several seeds in a pod.

Seedling
The seedleaves are long and thin, and the first true leaves are long and thin, like grass.

Seed sowing and Germination
Spring: Seeds sown outside in spring germinated in 6 days.

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	Seed Pod The seedpod is long and thin, squashed together between the seeds.
	Seed The seeds are small flattish discs. There are several seeds in a pod.
	Seedling The seedleaves are long and thin, and the first true leaves are long and thin, like grass.
Seed sowing and Germination Spring: Seeds sown outside in spring germinated in 6 days.