Botany Photo of the Day Tropaeolum peregrinum

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Native to Peru, Tropaeolum peregrinum is widely cultivated as an ornamental. In tropical areas, it perennates, persisting from year to year. In harsher climates, including Alaska where this photograph was taken, it is grown as a horticultural annual. What constitutes an “annual” is discussed near the start of the Horticulture Training Program here at UBC. […]

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