Browne's blechum (Ruellia blechum)
Description
Herbs are erect to sloping, reaching up to 0.5 m high; The young quadrangular stems . The leaves ovate to, ovate-lanceolate of 2-6.5 cm long and 1-3 cm wide, apex acute base cuneate to obtuse, margins crenate to integers, sparsely hairy to glabrous; With petioles up to 1.4 cm long, puberum. The inflorescences are terminal, 1.5-7 cm long, with peduncles up to 15 mm long, ovate bracts , 7.5-14 mm long, acute apex, rounded base, laxly strigid and densely puberular, cilia margins, bract-ola lanceolate; Corolla 10-15 mm long, white turning pale pink to lilac with age. The fruits are claviformes.
Taxonomic tree
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Domain: Eukarya
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Kingdom: Plantae
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Phylum: Magnoliophyta
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Class: Magnoliopsida
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Order: Lamiales
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Family: Acanthaceae
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Genus: Ruellia
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