Family: Acanthaceae
Plant: A herb up to 30cm high with hairs on its branches.
Flowers: White to mauve, 5 petalled, irregular, tubular flowers 1-1.5cm long with purple markings on the lower petal and lobes 5-8mm long. The inflorescence is a terminal raceme.
Flowering: December-January.
Fruit: Club-shaped capsule 1-1.5cm long.
Leaves: Opposite, lanceolate to ovate 2-7cm long and up to 3cm wide, glossy dark green above and sometimes purple on underside.
Habitat: In moist, shady locations in rainforest and both wet- and dry-sclerophyll forest
Features: White to mauve tubular flowers. Opposite dark green leaves sometimes purple on the underside.
Name:
Pseuderanthemum
From Greek = false Erantherum (a similar related genus).
variabile From Latin variablis = variable (referring to the variable nature of this plant).
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Type |
Herb |
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Flowers |
Form |
Irregular, Tubular/Bell- |
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shaped, Cluster |
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Colour(s) |
White, Mauve |
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Petal/Sepal No. |
5 |
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Flowering Month |
1, 12 |
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Fruit |
Type |
Capsule |
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Colour |
Green |
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Other Features |
- |
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Leaves |
Arrangement |
Opposite |
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Type |
Simple |
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Shape |
Oval |
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Length |
Short |
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Margins |
Entire |
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Attachment |
Stalked |
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Other Features |
Hairy, Discolorous |
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Bark |
- |
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Habitat |
Rainforest, Wet sclerophyll forest, Dry |
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sclerophyll forest |
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