School of Horticulture
Plant Database
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Scientific Name: | Stevia rebaudiana |
Pronunciation: | STEV-ee-uh re-bawd-ee-AH-nuh |
Common Name: | stevia, sweetleaf |
Family Name: | Asteraceae |
Plant Type: | Annual |
Key ID Features: | Very sweet taste (up to 30 times sweeter than sugar); leaves opposite, sessile, elliptic to oblong with serrate margins; heads with only 5(-8) disk florets, each with 5 white petals. |
Course(s): | HORT 1193/1293 |
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Location(s): (CGW) Community Garden West Location Map |