The Botanical Magazine/Volume 2/49
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Soldanella alpina. Alpine Soldanella.
Class and Order.
Pentandria Monogynia.
Generic Character.
Corolla campanulata, lacero-multifida. Caps. 1-locularis, apice multidentata.
Specific Character and Synonyms.SOLDANELLA alpina. Lin. Syst. Vegetab. p. 194.
SOLDANELLA alpina rotundifolia. Bauh. Pin. 295.
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Of this genus there is at present only one known species, the alpina here figured, which is a native of Germany, and, as its name imports, an alpine plant.
Its blossoms are bell-shaped, of a delicate blue colour, sometimes white, and strikingly fringed on the edge.
It flowers usually in March, in the open ground; requires, as most alpine plants do, shade and moisture in the summer, and the shelter of a frame, in lieu of its more natural covering snow, in the winter; hence it is found to succeed best in a northern aspect: will thrive in an open border, but is more commonly kept in pots.
May be increased by parting its roots early in autumn.