Family | ACANTHACEAE |
Genus species | Justicia acuta (C.B.Clarke) Fourc. |
Synonyms | Monechma acutum C.B.Clarke |
Habitat | grassland and thickets |
Description | branchlets minutely hirsute, glabrescent, leaves linear-lanceolate, acute, subsessile, subglabrous, flowers in axils of upper leaves, producing interrupted spike |
Size | 15-30cm |
Color | white |
Bloom | late spring, summer |
Ca | |
Type | subshrub |
Cultivation | mesic, slightly humous, semi-shady site alpine house, moist, rich, drained soil, semi-shade |
Propagation | seed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1 month, 18-24°C cuttings in late summer |
Territory |
Africa
Southern Africa (Cape Provinces) |
Bibliography | Plants of the World online powo.science.kew.org International Plant Names Index www.ipni.org |
Comments | ACANTHACEAE
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