Egyptian Starcluster

Pentas lanceolata

Flower name
Egyptian Starcluster
Scientific name
Pentas lanceolata
Aliasペンタス, Egyptian star flower, ペンタス・ランケオラタ, エジプシャン・スターフラワー, 草山丹花, Pentas lanceolata, lanceolata, Pentas
Place of originMadagasar, tropical Africa and Arabian Peninsula
Place of floweringGarden, Horticultural species, Potted flower
Flowering seasonMarch, April, May, June, July, August, September, October
Language of flowersThere is hope

What is Egyptian Starcluster

Egyptian Starcluster , called Pentas, or Pentas lanceolata, scientific name: Pentas lanceolata , is a non-cold-resistant or is an annual grass of the Rubiaceae family native to Madagasar, tropical Africa and Arabian Peninsula. The pointed tip is lanceolate or oval-shaped leaves, leaf veins on the leaf surface roughness has clearly. Spring through fall, funnel-shaped Tip 5 crack the star-shaped florets hemispherical compacted, bloom. Similar to Ixora flower. However, Ixora is for trees (evergreen shrub) and 4-petaled flowers bloom, star-shaped five-petaled flower (penta = 5) flower herb with pentas. Also has rounded petals of bouvardia bouvardia blooms four-valve, but the leaf veins are inconspicuous.

Common name: Egyptian Starcluster , scientific name:Pentas lanceolata, also known as : pentaz lanceolata, origin: tropical Africa and Arabian Peninsula, height: 20-40 cm, leaf shape: ovate, veins clear, blooms: single leaf margin: entire, phyllotaxis: vs., flower color: peach, red, red, white and blue-violet, lavender and white picotee, single blooming,double blooming, The flowering time: from March to October, flower diameter: 7 cm, florets diameter:1-1.5cm