Pseuderanthemum carruthersii (Seem.) Guillaumin form
Determiner:
W.R. Sykes
Identification date:
2006-12-13 (Verbatim: 13 Dec 2006)
Preferred name:
Pseuderanthemum carruthersii (Seem.) Guillaumin
Division:
Spermatophyta
Class:
Magnoliopsida
Order:
Scrophulariales
Family:
Acanthaceae
Identification type:
Determination
Collection events
Primary collection event
Collection event type:
Cultivated
Standard locality
Location:
Alofi District, Alofi Central
Verbatim locality:
Alofi District, Alofi, beginning of Paliasi Road
Verbatim collector:
W.R. Sykes 1577/N
Standardised collector:
William R. Sykes
Verbatim date:
1 Oct 2006
Start date:
2006-10-01
Country:
Niue
Habitat:
Cultivated.
Notes:
Shrub c. 1.5 m high, rather sparse habit. Many slender branches. Leaves and bracts dark purple. Corolla white with pink flush to tube and fine pinkish-purple spots on lobes; tube c. 2.5 cm long, very slender; limb irregular; lobes five, 1.2-1.6 cm long, somewhat obovate-oblong; three lobes directed downwards; two lobes directed upwards and a little smaller than lower three.