Justicia anagalloides T.Anderson

Species

Angiosperms > Lamiales > Acanthaceae > Justicia

Characteristics

Perennial herb with several unbranched or branched erect, decumbent or creeping (then sometimes rooting) stems from a vertical or horizontal woody rootstock; stems to 45 cm long, bifariously puberulous with retrorse hairs when young or uniformly pubescent to tomentose, sometimes also with longer (to 2 mm) broad curly glossy many-celled hairs with white walls. Leaves glabrous (finely ciliate towards apex) or with scattered to dense long (to 2.5 mm) broad glossy many-celled hairs on margins and sometimes also on veins, rarely uniformly pubescent; petiole 0-5 mm long; lamina linear-lanceolate to ovate or elliptic, largest 1.2-6.2 x 0.2-2 cm; apex subacute to rounded; base cuneate to attenuate. Spikes 3-5(6)-flowered; peduncle 0.3-4(4.5) cm long, subglabrous to bifariously or uniformly sericeous-puberulous, rarely also with scattered long many-celled hairs; rachis 7-30 mm long, with similar indumentum; bracts and bracteoles 1.5-3.5 mm long, subulate, glabrous. Calyx glabrous or minutely hispid-ciliate towards apex; lobes subulate to linear, apiculate, two lower 3-5 mm long, three upper 5-9 mm long. Corolla white, with or without faint pink to mauve 'herring-bones' on lower lip and two pink lines on upper lip, 7 mm long; tube 2-3 mm long; upper lip 3-4 mm long; lower lip 3-4 mm long, middle lobe 2-3 x 1-2 mm Filaments 2-3 mm long; anthers c. 1.5 mm long, thecae c. 0.75 mm long. Capsule 8.5 mm long, hairy in upper half, more rarely glabrous. Seeds c. 1.5 mm in diameter.
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Perennial herb, with annual erect stems becoming prostrate and rooting at nodes, 0.03-0.50 m long. Leaves nearly glabrous to densely pilose, very narrowly to broadly ovate to obovate, apex acute to obtuse, base cuneate; petiole 0-4 mm long. Inflorescence of axillary elongated spike-like cymes, usually single at each node, peduncles slender, 5-47 mm long, with 2-4 flowers towards end. Flowers subsecund, sessile, solitary at each inflorescence node. Bract subulate, 1, with another on oppposite side of axis, up to 4 mm long. Bracteoles 2, similar to bract. Corolla (5)6-8 mm long, white, with or without maroon lines on palate. Pollen 2-porate, 28-36 µm long, sexine areolate. Capsule 4-seeded, glabrous or with a few hairs near apex, delicate, up to 8 mm long.
Perennial herb. Stems annual; erect becoming procumbent, up to 0.5 m long; rooting at nodes. Leaves petiolate; blade narrowly to broadly ovate to obovate, up to 20 x 10 mm, base cuneate, apex acute to obtuse, glabrous to densely pilose; petioles up to 4 mm long. Flowers: 2-4, sessile in an elongated, spike-like cyme, single at a node; calyx glabrous on inside; corolla 5-8 mm long, white with or without maroon lines; Aug.-May. Fruit 1-seeded, hard, up to 17 mm long.
Perennial, erect herb becoming prostrate. Inflorescence of long-pedunculate, elongate cymes, axillary, single at each node. Flowers sessile, corolla (5-)6-8 mm long. Flowers white with or without maroon lines.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
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Soil humidity 1-3
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Hardiness (USDA) 9-12

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Images

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Distribution

Justicia anagalloides world distribution map, present in Burundi, Ethiopia, Kenya, Mozambique, Malawi, Rwanda, Somalia, eSwatini, Tanzania, United Republic of, Uganda, South Africa, Zambia, and Zimbabwe

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:50277-1
WFO ID wfo-0001044701
COL ID 6NHF9
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Synonyms

Justicia psammophila Justicia uncinulata Ecbolium anagallodes Adhatoda anagalloides Justicia anagalloides