Osbeckia capitata
Osbeckia aspera
(Meerb. ex Walp.) Blume Species
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- Botanical name
- Osbeckia aspera
- Family
- Melastomataceae
- Genus
- Osbeckia
- Reference
- World Flora Online
How to grow Osbeckia aspera
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Other names for this plant
These names have all been used for Osbeckia aspera but are no longer the accepted name. You may still meet them on old labels, in books, or in nursery catalogues.
Asterostoma aspera
Asterostoma kleinii
Melastoma asperum
Melastoma asperum
Melastoma glaucum
Osbeckia aspera var. courtallensis
Osbeckia aspera var. kleinii
Osbeckia capitata
Osbeckia courtallensis
Osbeckia kewensis
Osbeckia kleinii
Osbeckia lawsonii
Osbeckia minor
Others in Osbeckia
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