WorldFloraDB - Ruellia baurii

Characteristics

Perennial herb, 0.05-0.20 m high. Stems very densely villose-tomentose, appearing white-woolly. Leaves 23-66 x 12-24 mm, broadly ovate, thinly textured. Bracts 12-30 x 1.25-5.00 mm, linear with tapered ends to narrowly elliptic, much longer than calyx. Flowers solitary (or occasionally borne in clusters of 3), axillary. Calyx equally divided; lobes linear-triangular to narrowly triangular or occasionally lanceolate, 8-11 mm long. Flowering time Sept., Oct. Fruit 15-17 x 5-6 mm, fusiform, lower portion 5 mm long, glabrous. Seeds brown, both surfaces glabrous.

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Innovations with many white long several-celled hairs; leaves up to 2-3 by 1.25 in., obtusely triangular at the tip, narrowed into a petiole 0.08-0.3 in. long; bracteoles 0.75 by 0.1 in., narrow-oblong; calyx 0.25 in. long or rather more, divided nearly to the base into 5 equal linear teeth; corolla, capsule and seeds as of R. patula.

Life form	perennial
Growth form	herb
Growth support	free-standing
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Sexuality	hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter)	0.05 - 0.2
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Usage

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Cultivation

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Germination duration (days)	30 - 60
Germination temperacture (C°)	18 - 23
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Distribution

Identifiers

LSID	urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:53833-1
WFO ID	wfo-0001044609
COL ID	78XPC
BDTFX ID	-
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Synonyms

Ruellia baurii

WorldFloraDB 2024

Ruellia baurii C.B.Clarke

Species