Hairy Fournwort (Tetramerium nervosum)
Description
The flowers emerge from between leafy bracts on hairy, 4-sided flower spikes. The individual flowers are tubular and have an upper lobe with a central violet patch and a yellow base, 2 side lobes, and a folded, projecting lower lobe. The leaves are green, opposite, and lanceolate in shape.
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: Tetramerium
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