Justicia minima A.Meeuse

Species

Angiosperms > Lamiales > Acanthaceae > Justicia

Characteristics

Shrublet with gnarled woody base and erect to decumbent slender herbaceous stems, 0.15-0.40 m high. Leaves with a few hairs, linear to lanceolate, 8-40 x 1-4 mm, apex acute, base cuneate, sessile. Inflorescence a terminal, unbranched, elongate cyme, with flowers sessile and solitary at nodes. Bract 1, with an empty bract on opposite side of axis, subulate to lanceolate, 1-7 mm long. Bracteoles 2, subequal to bract. Calyx 4-lobed. Corolla 5-8 mm long, creamy white with maroon lines on palate. Pollen 3-colporate, 30-39 µm long, sexine areolate. Capsule 4-seeded, glabrous, delicate, up to 12 mm long.
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Shrublet, 150-400 mm tall. Hairs, if present, long and multicellular. Inflorescence of long-pedunculate elongate cymes, terminal. Calyx 4-lobed. Flowers sessile; corolla 5-8 mm long. Flowers creamy white with maroon lines.
Life form perennial
Growth form
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention -
Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter) 0.15 - 0.4
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Environment

Light -
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Soil texture 7-9
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Usage

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Therapeutic use -
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

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Germination treatment soaking
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Distribution

Justicia minima world distribution map, present in South Africa

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:51139-1
WFO ID wfo-0001044718
COL ID 6NHBN
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Ecbolium spergulifolium Justicia minima Justicia spergulifolia