Beesia

Beesia is a genus of flowering plants in the buttercup family. It was named after the plant nursery firm Bees of Chester, who financed the plant hunting trips of George Forrest and Frank Kingdon-Ward in China.[1]

Beesia
Beesia deltophylla
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Plantae
(unranked):
Angiosperms
(unranked):
Eudicots
Order:
Ranunculales
Family:
Ranunculaceae
Genus:
Beesia

Species

See text

Species include:

  • Beesia calthifolia
  • Beesia deltophylla [2]

Description

Beesia is an evergreen perennial and grows as a dense basal rosette of heart-shaped leaves with delicate serrated edges. Leaves are soft and waxy, new growth of B. deltophylla flushes dark green to black while B. calthifolia is a lighter shade of green. Small white flowers bloom mid-summer off an upright spike. Flowers are star-like with five petals and many white stamens.

Cultivation

Beesia is easily divided or grown from seed.

Distribution

Native to China, Beesia grows best in partial shade or filtered light and rich moist soil.

Beesia can be grown in USDA hardiness zones 6a to 8b.

References
  1. Roy Lancaster Travels in China: A Plantsman's Paradise
  2. "Index Nominum Genericorum (ING), Botany, Smithsonian Institution". naturalhistory2.si.edu. Retrieved 2019-04-04.


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