Graptophyllum Nees

Graptophyllum (en)

Genus

Angiosperms > Lamiales > Acanthaceae

Characteristics

Shrubs. Leaves entire or dentate, often colored and variegated. Flowers pedicelled, in short, subsessile cymes, the panicles terminal or solitary in the axils of the leaves; calyx 5-merous; corollas reddish purple, bilabiate, the tube inflated above, the upper lip with 2 short, recurved lobes, the lower lip 3-lobed; stamens 2. Capsules clavate; seeds 2-4.
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Hardiness (USDA) 9-12

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