Species of plant in the genus Schizanthus
| Schizanthus pinnatus
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| The attractive flowers of Schizanthus pinnatus
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom:
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Plantae
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| Clade:
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Tracheophytes
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Angiosperms
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Eudicots
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Asterids
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| Order:
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Solanales
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| Family:
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Solanaceae
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| Genus:
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Schizanthus
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| Species:
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S. pinnatus
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| Binomial name
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Schizanthus pinnatus
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| Synonyms[2]
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- 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.
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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]
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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