Blepharis linariifolia Pers.

Species

Angiosperms > Lamiales > Acanthaceae > Blepharis

Characteristics

A herb with wiry branches often close to the ground, and prickly bracts
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A low-growing wiry herb. It has prickly bracts. It grows 30 cm high.
Flowers blue with white throat.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support -
Foliage retention -
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 0.3
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Flower color
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Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway c3

Environment

A tropical plant. It grows in drier regions and the Sahara.
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Not known
Light -
Soil humidity -
Soil texture -
Soil acidity -
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 8-12

Usage

The seeds are boiled in milk and taken as a tonic.
Uses animal food food gene source material medicinal
Edible seeds
Therapeutic use -
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Can be grown by seedlings.
Mode seedlings
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Distribution

Blepharis linariifolia world distribution map, present in Benin, Burkina Faso, Côte d'Ivoire, Cameroon, Ethiopia, India, Morocco, Mali, Mauritania, Nigeria, Oman, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, Senegal, South Sudan, Chad, and Yemen

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:46547-1
WFO ID wfo-0000566677
COL ID M5XF
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Acanthodium hirtum Blepharis linariifolia Blepharis passargei Blepharis hirta