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Credits

Article from Bean's Trees and Shrubs Hardy in the British Isles

Recommended citation
'Vestia' from the website Trees and Shrubs Online (treesandshrubsonline.org/articles/vestia/). Accessed 2023-12-03.

Family

  • Solanaceae

Species in genus

Glossary

exserted
Protruding; pushed out.

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Credits

Article from Bean's Trees and Shrubs Hardy in the British Isles

Recommended citation
'Vestia' from the website Trees and Shrubs Online (treesandshrubsonline.org/articles/vestia/). Accessed 2023-12-03.

Vestia

Vestia foetida flowering in a private garden in Guernsey. 16 April 2023. Image Tom Christian.

A monotypic genus allied to Cestrum, but having flowers with exserted stamens and a capsular fruit. It was named by Willdenow in honour of Prof. Vest of Klagenfurt.

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