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Ruellia malacophylla C.B.Clarke

Species

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Characteristics

Perennial, erect herb, 0.1-0.3 m high. Stems very densely and softly hairy. Leaves 21.0-59.0 x 8-40 mm, broadly ovate to elliptic, softly textured. Bracts 11-25 x 3-11 mm, spoon-shaped. Flowers solitary, axillary. Calyx bilabiate, 7-11 mm long, lobes narrowly triangular, not becoming spindly-setaceous. Flowering time Aug.-Feb. Fruit 14-18 x 6-8 mm, broadly obtrullate or clavate, lower stalk usually shorter than half the length of upper portion; hairs short, velvety, deflexed and not appressed. Seeds buff-olive-coloured, both surfaces glabrous, shiny.
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Perennial herb or dwarf shrub, up to 500 mm tall, densely and softly hairy. Leaves elliptic, narrowed into petiole. Calyx obscurely 2-lipped, 2 nearly free to base, 3 connate for less than half their length. Ovary and fruit hairy. Flowers mauve.
Whole plant densely and softly hairy; lower leaves 1 by 0.3 in., elliptic, narrowed at the base; petiole 0.25 in. long; bracteoles, calyx, and corolla as of R. ovata; ovary densely hairy except at the base; style densely hairy.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
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Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter) 0.3 - 0.4
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Cultivation

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

Ruellia malacophylla world distribution map, present in South Africa

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:54291-1
WFO ID wfo-0001044614
COL ID 78Y25
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Synonyms

Ruellia malacophylla
WorldFloraDB 2024