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CRYPTANTHUS ‘Cherry Frost’ ? <1977

cv. of unknown parentage - Medium w/12+ leaves in open round form - Base color of purplish brown overlain w/a frosting of scurf giving the entire plant a 'dusted' appearance - dense scurfing on the underside - used in creating dozens of cultivars by Grace Goode in the early 1980's.

Dorr1977illp17, CSJ 7:4-p42ill, TFG1978, BirdRock1995