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Daboecia

Daboecia

9.9
Small evergreen shrubs with bell-shaped flowers often grown in gardens
  • noun
  • Specialized
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  • The Daboecia genus is easily recognized by its distinctive bell-shaped flowers.

Examples

  • Several species of Daboecia are cultivated in gardens for their attractive foliage and blooms.

  • The Daboecia plant thrives in acidic soils.

  • He discovered a rare Daboecia growing wild in the misty hills of Ireland.

  • Have you seen a Daboecia in bloom?

  • Several species of Daboecia are cultivated in gardens for their attractive foliage and blooms.

  • The Daboecia genus is easily recognized by its distinctive bell-shaped flowers.

  • He discovered a rare Daboecia growing wild in the misty hills of Ireland.

Compounds

Daboecia cantabrica
  • Specialized
9.9

A low spreading shrub that stays green all year and has white to pink or purple flowers

Surface Forms

Daboecia singular
Daboecias plural

Etymology

Daboecia is a plant name that honors a person called Daboec and uses the common plant ending -ia. The ending -ia, as in gardenia, often marks a group of plants named for a person, so Daboecia tells you this is a named group of small evergreen shrubs with bell-shaped flowers.