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Erect herb, up to 300 mm tall. Leaves alternate, linear. Corolla comparatively broad with wide, open throat. Fertile stamens 2. Capsule 8-9 mm long, ovoid or oblong, somewhat acutely pointed at apex. Flowers purplish.
| Life form | annual |
| Growth form | herb |
| Growth support | free-standing |
| Foliage retention | - |
| Sexuality | hermaphrodite |
| Pollination | - |
| Spread | - |
| Mature width (meter) | - |
| Mature height (meter) | 0.3 |
| Root system | - |
| Rooting depth (meter) | - |
| Root diameter (meter) | - |
| Flower color | |
| Blooming months | - |
| Fruit color | - |
| Fruiting months | - |
| Nitrogen fixer | - |
| Photosynthetic pathway | c4 |
| Light | - |
| Soil humidity | - |
| Soil texture | - |
| Soil acidity | - |
| Soil nutriment | - |
| Hardiness (USDA) | 
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| Uses | animal food food material medicinal poison |
| Edible | leaves |
| Therapeutic use | Diabetes mellitus (unspecified), Hypertension (unspecified) |
| Human toxicity | - |
| Animal toxicity | - |
| Mode | - |
| Germination duration (days) | - |
| Germination temperacture (C°) | - |
| Germination luminosity | - |
| Germination treatment | - |
| Minimum temperature (C°) | - |
| Optimum temperature (C°) | - |
| Size | - |
| Vigor | - |
| Productivity | - |
| LSID | urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:798978-1 |
| WFO ID | wfo-0000538893 |
| COL ID | 5VJYJ |
| BDTFX ID | - |
| INPN ID | - |
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