Sanchezia parvibracteata

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(Sanchezia)

FAMILY

Acanthaceae

Species

Sanchezia parvibracteata

Common name(s)

Sanchezia

Flower colour; life form

Flowers yellow to orange. Spreading shrub to 5 m tall.

Distinguishing features

A shade preferring plant, leaves to 26 x 7 cm or more, opposite. Leaves in each pair unequal in size, dark-green, midrib pale. Flowers in a compact panicle, corolla yellow to orange/rusty, stamens exserted. Fruit 1-1.5 cm long. Plants grows from fragments and it also suckers.

Sanchezia parvibracteata