Ruellia filicalyx Lindau

• Authority

  Wasshausen, Dieter C. & Wood, John R. I. 2004. Acanthaceae of Bolivia. Contr. U. S. Natl. Herb. 49: 1-152.

• Family

  Acanthaceae

• Scientific Name

  Ruellia filicalyx Lindau

• Type

  Type: Bolivia, Santa Cruz, Velasco, Kuntze s.n. (holotype B, destroyed; F photo 1841 1a; isotype NY).

• Description

  Description - Subshrub 0.5 m; stem terete, densely striolate, younger stem pilose, trichomes spreading; leaves petiolate, blades ovate 3-7 x 2.5-4 cm, apically acuminate, younger blades pubescent, older becoming glabrate, margin entire; inflorescence terminal, somewhat congested, 1-3 axillary branches; calyx lobes somewhat unequal, filiform, densely glandular-pubescent; corolla lilac, tube 14 mm long, upwards gradually enlarged, glabrous, lobes rounded.