Fittonia albivenis (Lindl. ex Veitch) Brummitt
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Authority
Wasshausen, Dieter C. & Wood, John R. I. 2004. Acanthaceae of Bolivia. Contr. U. S. Natl. Herb. 49: 1-152.
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Family
Acanthaceae
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Scientific Name
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Type
Type: plant cultivated in London by Veitch from plants sent from Peru by Pearce; specimen apparently not preserved. Fittonia argyroneura Coem., Fl. Serres Jard. Eur. 16:103, tab. 1866. Type: plant cultivated in Belgium, originally from Peru via William Bull of London; specimen not traced.
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Description
Description - Creeping herb, rooting at nodes with stems ascending to flower to 25(-35) cm; stems quadrangular, villous; leaves petiolate, blades broadly ovate to broadly elliptic, 2-12 x 1-8 cm, glabrous, with a conspicuous reddish reticulate venation; inflorescence a dense terminal spike 1 9 cm long; bracts conspicuous, imbricate, green, cuneate to suborbicular, 5-12 x 3-5 mm, glandular-pubescent, margins entire; flowers sessile in axils of bracts; bracteoles 2, linear-triangular; calyx slightly exceeding bracteoles, lobes 5, linear-triangular, spreading-pubescent; corolla lemon-yellow or with slightly purplish tinge on outside, 10-14 mm long, sparsely spreading-pubescent, lower part narrowly tubular, pale cream, 2-lipped, lower lip 3-lobed, lateral lobes lemon-yellow, median lobe deeper yellow and sometimes purplish in center, upper lip oblong, entire or subentire, arching over, lemon-yellow or with slight purplish tinge; stamens 2; anthers 2-thecous, the thecae equal, muticous at base; capsule 4-seeded.