Species information Abo ut Reso urces Hom e 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 Sanchezia parvibracteata Click on images to enlarge Family Acanthaceae Scientific Name Sanchezia parvibracteata Sprague & Hutch. Sprague, T.A. & Hutchinson, J. (1908) Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1908: 253. Type: Tropical America (Plant cultivated at Kew.). Leaves and Flowers. Copyright CSIRO Common name Sanchezia Weed * Stem Usually flowers and fruits as a shrub about 1-2 m tall. Leaves Flowers. Copyright CSIRO Twigs 4-angled. Leaf blades quite large, about 11-35 x 4.5-16 cm. Midrib broad, about 2 mm wide, yellow on the upper surface, midrib and petiole red/purple on the underside. Lateral veins curving but not forming loops inside the blade margin. Flowers Inflorescence a spike of heads. Calyx about 23-25 mm long. Corolla tube about 53-54 mm long, lobes about 5-6 mm long, Stamens two, staminodes two, paired, not alternating. Staminal filaments about 50-60 mm long, flat, margins hairy, attached to the corolla tube about 12 mm from the base. Anther base sagittate. Anthers pubescent but the hairs at the base larger and more bristle-like. Staminodes about 26 mm long. Ovary and style glabrous, stigmatic lobes very unequal. Scale bar 10mm. Copyright CSIRO Fruit Features not available. Seedlings Features not available. Distribution and Ecology An introduced species originally from Cuba and South America now naturalised in NEQ. Altitudinal range from near sea level to 500 m. Grows in disturbed areas of lowland rain forest in the Babinda and Palmerston areas and also in the understory of intact rain forest. Natural History & Notes Commonly grown in gardens as an ornamental shrub. This species has become a pest in rain forest at lower altitudes. Shrub (woody or herbaceous, 1-6 m tall) X RFK Code 3397 CC-BY Australian Tropical Herbarium unless otherwise indicated in the images. .