Blechum brownei Juss.

  • Authority

    Britton, Nathaniel L. & Millspaugh, Charles F. 1920. The Bahama Flora.

  • Family

    Acanthaceae

  • Scientific Name

    Blechum brownei Juss.

  • Description

    Species Description - Annual, puberulent, erect or ascending, 2-7 dm. high, branched, the branches slender. Leaves ovate, thin, petioled, 2-7 cm. long, acute at the apex, obtuse or narrowed at the base; spikes dense, 4-sided, 3-6 cm. long; bracts ovate, pinnately veined, 1-1.5 cm. long, loosely strigose and ciliate, acutish at the apex, rounded at the base; corolla whitish, a little longer than the subtending bract; capsule oblong, puberulent, about 6 mm. long.

  • Distribution

    Waste places in good soil, Abaco, Andros, New Providence and Eleuthera : West Indies and continental tropical America; Philippine Islands. Blechum.

    Great Abaco Bahamas South America| South Andros Bahamas South America| New Providence Bahamas South America| Eleuthera Bahamas South America|