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Hypoestes aristata (Vahl) Roem. & Schult.

Species

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Characteristics

Suffrutex up to 1.5 m. Leaves ovate, acuminate, entire, sometimes sinuous, attenuate to cordate at base, 27-110 x 17-69 mm, mesic to succulent, rough when dry. Inflorescence terminal or axillary, of sessile monochasial cymes (inflorescence units) which are reduced to single flowers and arranged in monochasial cymes, the whole appearing verticillate. Bracts: glandular-pubescent; secondary bracts 2, free, but clasping at the base, lanceolate; tertiary bracts trullate with aristate apex; 1 pair subtending each flower, those of the major pair fused for a third of their length and enclosing the inflorescence unit; quaternary bracts; 1 pair subtending each flower, those of the major flower opposite and adnate to tertiary bracts. Calyx tube about 1.5-2 mm long, 4-lobed, lobes 4 mm long. Corolla glandular-pubescent, purple, pink or white; lip in lower position lanceolate, tip entire or emarginate. Stamens: filaments sparsely glandular-pubescent. Seeds 2.1-2.9 x 1.7-2.1 mm, smooth and shiny. Markedly protandrous and hercogamous.
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Perennial suffrutex, 0.25-1.50 m high. Leaves with cystoliths not predominantly boomerang-shaped. Calyx 4-lobed; tube 1.5-4.0 mm long. Corolla pubescent; lip in lower position lanceolate. Flowering time Dec.-Oct. Seeds smooth or asperous.
Erect, shortly hairy subshrub to 1.5 m. Leaves opposite, ovate; bracts aristate. Flowers in axillary clusters, appearing verticillate, mauve, calyx 4-fid.
A herb or shrub. The leaves are hairy and dark green. The flowers are in spikes and are tube shaped and mauve or pink. The petals curl.
Life form perennial
Growth form
Growth support -
Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) 0.1 - 0.5
Mature height (meter) 0.43 - 1.25
Root system -
Rooting depth (meter) -
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color
Blooming months -
Fruit color -
Fruiting months -
Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway c3

Environment

It is a tropical and subtropical plant. It is best in light shade.
Light 4-9
Soil humidity -
Soil texture 5-6
Soil acidity 2-8
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 12-12

Usage

Uses animal food food food additive invertebrate food material medicinal poison
Edible leaves seeds
Therapeutic use -
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Plants can be grown from seeds or cuttings.
Mode cuttings seedlings
Germination duration (days) 10 - 21
Germination temperacture (C°) 21 - 23
Germination luminosity -
Germination treatment -
Minimum temperature (C°) -
Optimum temperature (C°) -
Size -
Vigor -
Productivity -

Images

Habit

Hypoestes aristata habit picture by Maarten Vanhove (cc-by-sa)

Leaf

Hypoestes aristata leaf picture by susan brown (cc-by-sa)
Hypoestes aristata leaf picture by susan brown (cc-by-sa)
Hypoestes aristata leaf picture by susan brown (cc-by-sa)

Flower

Hypoestes aristata flower picture by susan brown (cc-by-sa)
Hypoestes aristata flower picture by susan brown (cc-by-sa)
Hypoestes aristata flower picture by susan brown (cc-by-sa)

Distribution

Hypoestes aristata world distribution map, present in Australia and South Africa

Conservation status

Hypoestes aristata threat status: Least Concern

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:49834-1
WFO ID wfo-0000728557
COL ID 3NVNK
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
Wikipedia (EN)
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Synonyms

Hypoestes plumosa Hypoestes polymorpha Diapedium verticillare Dicliptera jussiaei Hypoestes clinopodia Hypoestes insularis Hypoestes staudtii Justicia aristata Justicia verticillaris Dicliptera verticillaris Hypoestes verticillaris Hypoestes aristata var. aristata Hypoestes aristata var. barteri Hypoestes aristata var. insularis Hypoestes aristata var. kikuyensis Hypoestes aristata var. letestui Hypoestes aristata var. macrophylla Hypoestes aristata var. staudtii Hypoestes aristata Hypoestes antennifera Hypoestes aristata var. alba

Lower taxons

Hypoestes aristata var. thiniorum
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