{{Short description|Species of flowering plant}} {{Speciesbox |image = Cobaea pringlei (10206819854).jpg |genus = Cobaea |species = pringlei |authority = Standl.<ref name="IPNI">{{Citation |title=IPNI Plant Name Query Results for ''Cobaea&nbsp;pringlei'' |publisher=The International Plant Names Index |url=http://www.ipni.org/ipni/simplePlantNameSearch.do?find_wholeName=Cobaea+pringlei |accessdate=2013-08-25 }} </ref> }}

'''''Cobaea pringlei''''' is a species of flowering perennial plant of the Polemoniaceae family, native to Mexico. It has a climbing habit, clinging by coiling leaf tendrils like other species of the genus. In cultivation it can reach {{convert|5|–|7|m|ft|abbr=on|0}}. The flowers are creamy-white, funnel-shaped, and borne on long stalks. The stamens and style project from the mouth of the flower.<ref name=Lanc13/>

The specific epithet, ''pringlei'', honours Cyrus Guernsey Pringle (1838–1911), an American botanist, explorer and plant breeder.<ref name=Lanc13/>

It is cultivated for its climbing habit and its ornamental flowers. It is rated H4 on the RHS hardiness scale, i.e. hardy to −10&nbsp;°C to −5&nbsp;°C, and may be cut to the ground during winters colder than this. A sheltered site with moist but well-drained soil is recommended. It can also be grown under protection, such as in a conservatory.<ref name=Lanc13/>

==References== {{Reflist|refs= <ref name=Lanc13>{{Citation |last=Lancaster |first=Roy |year=2013 |title=People behind the plants : Cyrus Guernsey Pringle & ''Cobaea pringlei'' |journal=The Garden |volume=138 |issue=9 |pages=60–61 }}</ref> }}

==External links== * [http://content63.eol.org/content/2012/06/10/01/12139_orig.jpg Image on EoL website]{{dead link|date=August 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}

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Category:Polemoniaceae

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