EPPO Global Database

Oxypetalum coeruleum(OXPCA)

Overview
Code created in: 1996-10-28

Basic information
  • EPPO Code: OXPCA
  • Preferred name: Oxypetalum coeruleum
  • Authority: (D. Don ex Sweet) Decaisne

Notes

Native to Brazil (Southern) and Uruguay. Cultivated as an ornamental (still often called 'tweedia').


Other scientific names
Name Authority
Tweedia coerulea D. Don ex Sweet

Common names
Name Language
blue star English
Eastern blue star English
heavenly blue English
southern star English
étoile du Sud French
burûsutâ Japanese
okushipetarumu Japanese
ruri-tôwata Japanese
オクシペタルム Japanese
ブルースター Japanese
ルリトウワタ Japanese