Monographs Details:
Authority:
Wasshausen, Dieter C. & Wood, John R. I. 2004. Acanthaceae of Bolivia. Contr. U. S. Natl. Herb. 49: 1-152.
Wasshausen, Dieter C. & Wood, John R. I. 2004. Acanthaceae of Bolivia. Contr. U. S. Natl. Herb. 49: 1-152.
Family:
Acanthaceae
Acanthaceae
Description:
Description - Unbranched perennial herbs to 1.5 m; leaf blades ovate-elliptic to elliptic, glabrous, entire; inflorescence 1-several spikes; bracts green or reddish along margin, lance-ovate to ovate-elliptic, margin dentate; corolla red to reddish-orange, lower lip spreading, 3-lobed, lateral lobes reduced, upper lip erect, minutely bilobed.
Phenology - Flowers at the end of the rainy season from March to July.
Description - Unbranched perennial herbs to 1.5 m; leaf blades ovate-elliptic to elliptic, glabrous, entire; inflorescence 1-several spikes; bracts green or reddish along margin, lance-ovate to ovate-elliptic, margin dentate; corolla red to reddish-orange, lower lip spreading, 3-lobed, lateral lobes reduced, upper lip erect, minutely bilobed.
Phenology - Flowers at the end of the rainy season from March to July.