Chaenostoma cordatum

Life-forms

Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Eudicots
Cladus: Core eudicots
Cladus: Asterids
Cladus: Lamiids
Ordo: Lamiales

Familia: Scrophulariaceae
Tribus: Limoselleae
Genus: Chaenostoma
Species: Chaenostoma cordatum
Name

Chaenostoma cordatum (Thunb.) Benth., Companion Bot. Mag. 1: 377. (1836)
Synonyms

Basionym
Manulea cordata Thunb., Prodr. Pl. Cap. 2: 102. 1800.

Homotypic
Sutera cordata (Thunb.) Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 467. 1891 BHL.

Heterotypic
Chaenostoma pauciflorum Benth., Companion Bot. Mag. 1: 374. 1835.
Sutera diffusa hort.
Sutera pauciflora (Benth.) Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 467. 1891 BHL.

References

Bentham, G. (1836) Companion to the Botanical Magazine 1: 377. BHL
African Plants Database (version 3.4.0). 05. Conservatoire et Jardin botaniques de la Ville de Genève and South African National Biodiversity Institute, Pretoria. Accessed: Mar., as Sutera cordata.
Kornhall, P. & Bremer, B. (2005) New circumscription of the tribe Limoselleae (Scrophulariaceae) that includes the taxa of the tribe Manuleeae. Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society 147(3): 385–386.
The Plant List 2013. Version 1.1 Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew and Missouri Botanical Garden. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2015 Mar 05.

Chaenostoma cordatum, also known by the names bacopa or ornamental bacopa (not to be confused with the genus Bacopa), is one of 52 species in the genus Chaenostoma (Scrophulariaceae), and is best known in its cultivated forms. It originated in Southern Africa, and is a tender perennial forming a ground cover, but often used in hanging baskets. Small dark green heart shaped leaves and small round five-petaled blue, pink, or white flowers at the branch tips can be found year-round, but at its prime in spring.

Cultivation
Sutera cordata in pot

Sutera 'Cabana', is a short-lived evergreen perennial for zones 9-11. It grows annually in colder climates, but requires full sun to flower profusely.
The Pikmin Flower

It is notable as the source of a breed marketed as "The Pikmin Flower", after the GameCube game Pikmin.[1] The flower resembles the flowers that bloom from the titular creatures' heads. Other cultivars include 'Bridal Showers', 'Snowflake', 'Giant Snowflake' and 'Pink Domino'.
See also

Bacopa

References

Pikmin Flower
GameSpot News, "Pikmin becomes a flower"

"Meet the Pikmin Flower". IGN.