Lankesteria barteri Hook.F.

Species

Angiosperms > Lamiales > Acanthaceae > Lankesteria

Characteristics

A small shrub. It grows 60-120 cm tall. It is hairy. The flowers are tube shaped and 4 cm long. They turn orange to red. They are in dense spike like groups 5-8 cm long.
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Slender tubular flowers 1 1/2 in. long, turning deep orange or reddish, in dense spike-like panicles 2-4 in. long.
Undershrub 2-4 ft. high, pubescent
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Mature height (meter) 0.61 - 1.21
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A tropical plant.
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Hardiness (USDA) 9-12

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Distribution

Lankesteria barteri world distribution map, present in Cameroon, Nigeria, and Trinidad and Tobago

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:51912-1
WFO ID wfo-0001045104
COL ID 6NWMJ
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Synonyms

Lankesteria barteri