Desmoscelis calcarata
Desmoscelis villosa
(Aubl.) Naudin Species
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- Botanical name
- Desmoscelis villosa
- Family
- Melastomataceae
- Genus
- Desmoscelis
- Reference
- World Flora Online
How to grow Desmoscelis villosa
We have not written a growing guide for this species yet.
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Other names for this plant
These names have all been used for Desmoscelis villosa but are no longer the accepted name. You may still meet them on old labels, in books, or in nursery catalogues.
Chaetogastra hypericoides
Chaetogastra lychnitoides
Chaetogastra stachyoides
Desmoscelis lychnitoides
Desmoscelis mollis
Desmoscelis stachyoides
Desmoscelis villosa var. fuscescens
Desmoscelis villosa var. gracillima
Desmoscelis villosa var. hypericoides
Desmoscelis villosa var. lychnitoides
Desmoscelis villosa var. ovata
Desmoscelis villosa var. purpureoviolacea
Desmoscelis villosa var. stachyoides
Melastoma villosum
Rhexia hypericoides
Rhexia lychnitoides
Rhexia stachyoides
Rhexia villosissima
Others in Desmoscelis
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