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A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z pulchellum

Family Scientific Name Eranthemum pulchellum Andrews Andrews, H.C. (1800) Botanist's Repository for New and Rare 2: plate 88. Type: Native of the coast of Coromandel, in the East Indies, and was first received in seeds from Dr. Roxburg, at the Royal gardens Kew, in 1796. Our drawing was made from a in flower at the Hammersmith nursery. Common name Blue Sage Weed * Stem Stem terete but 4-angled on young stems. Leaves Lamina elliptic or ovate-elliptic, 7-13 x 2.5-4.5 cm, basally attenuate, prominently nerved, lateral nerves ca. 10 pairs, glabrous or ± hairy on nerves beneath, entire or crenulate, acute-acuminate. Petioles 2-10 mm long. Scars resembling stipular scars are visible between the petiolar bases on each pair of leaves. Flowers Flowers blue, ca. 2.5-3 cm long, in short dense 2-4 cm long spikes forming a close terminal panicle; bracts leafy, ovate-elliptic to obovate, 12-15 x 6-8 mm, shortly acuminate, glabrous or ± puberulous; bracteoles narrowly lanceolate, 4-5 mm long, acute. Calyx lobes subequal, linear-lanceolate, c. 6 mm long, minutely pubescent. Corolla narrow, ca. 2 cm long, glabrous, dilated near the top, lobe oblique, lobes ± equal, patent, ca. 1 cm long, obtuse. Fertile stamens 2 with narrowly oblong, slightly exserted anthers. Fruit Capsule ca. 12-15 mm long. Seedlings Features not available. Distribution and Ecology An introduced native to the Indo-Pakistan subcontinent; now naturalised in parts of NEQ. Natural History & Notes Herb (herbaceous or woody, under 1 m tall) X Synonyms Daedalacanthus nervosus (Vahl) T. Anderson, J. Linn. Soc. Bot. 9: 487(1867). Justicia nervosa Vahl, Enum. Pl. 1: 164(1804). RFK Code 4117 CC-BY Australian Tropical Herbarium unless otherwise indicated in the images.