Classification
Class
Magnoliopsida Brongn.
Order
Solanales Juss. ex Bercht. & J.Presl
Family
Solanaceae
Genus
Petunia Juss.
 Nomenclature
Scientific Name:
Petunia ×atkinsiana (Sweet) D.Don ex W.H.Baxter (1839)
Synonymy:
  • ≡ Nierembergia atkinsiana Sweet
  • = Petunia ×hybrida E.Vilm.
 Description

Annual or short-lived spreading perennial, clammy or viscid with glandular hairs, especially on young shoots, peduncles and pedicels. Petiole short. Lamina 2–6 × 1.5–6 cm, orbicular to lanceolate; base attenuate; apex rounded to acute. Calyx 10–20 × 2–8 mm, narrow-oblong to spathulate, densely glandular-hairy, ± obtuse. Corolla c. 3.5–7 cm long; tube densely glandular-hairy outside; limb ± patent, 4–6 cm diam., white, pink, crimson, purple or violet. Capsule 6–10 mm long, ovoid. Seed 0.5–0.7 mm diam., mostly globose to oblong, strongly reticulate.

[From: Webb et al. (1988) Flora of New Zealand. Volume 4. as Petunia ×hybrida A.Vilm.]

 Biostatus
Exotic
 Phenology

Flowering: Jan.–Dec.

 Bibliography
Erhardt, W.; Götz, E.; Bödeker, N.; Seybold, S. 2008: Der große Zander - Enzyklopädie der Pflanzennamen. Bd. 2 - Arten und Sorten. Eugen Ulmer, Stuttgart.