Schizanthus pinnatus, called butterfly flower or poor man's orchid, names it shares with other members of its genus, is a species of plant in the genus Schizanthus in the nightshade family, Solanaceae, native to Chile and naturalized elsewhere.[2] It has gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit as an ornamental.[3]

Schizanthus pinnatus
The attractive flowers of Schizanthus pinnatus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Asterids
Order:	Solanales
Family:	Solanaceae
Genus:	Schizanthus
Species:	S. pinnatus
Binomial name
Schizanthus pinnatus Ruiz & Pav.[1]
Synonyms[2]
List Schizanthus duodecemfidus Stokes Schizanthus evansianus Paxton Schizanthus gayanus Phil. Schizanthus gracilis Clos Schizanthus gracilis var. angustifolius Reiche Schizanthus heterophyllus Phil. Schizanthus humilis Phil. Schizanthus laciniosus Phil. Schizanthus lilacinus Kunze Schizanthus major Hoffmanns. ex Steud. Schizanthus pinnatifidus Lindl. Schizanthus priestii Paxton Schizanthus tenuifolius Phil. Schizanthus tenuis Phil.

Description

It is an annual plant of 20 to 50 cm in height, glandulous]]-pubescent, with pinnatisect leaves 2.5 to 3 cm in length, divided into 6 to 8 pairs in oblong-linear segments, entire or separated. The flowers are white, pink or violet, 2 to 3 cm in diameter, arranged in paniculate inflorescences, sometimes dichotomous. The fruit is a globular boll of approximately 5 mm length. It is commonly known as the "small butterfly" ("mariposita") or "small, white butterfly" ("mariposita blanca").[4][5][6]

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