Justicia petiolaris(Nees) T. Anderson [family ACANTHACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Immelman, K., Justicia bowieiC.B.Clarke [family ACANTHACEAE ] Verified by Clarke, C.B., Justicia petiolarisunrecorded [family ACANTHACEAE ]
Related name
Justicia bowiei
Justicia burchellii
Justicia mutica
Justicia capensis
Dianthera unrecorded
Justicia petiolaris
Justicia protracta
Tyloglossa protracta
Flora
Entry for JUSTICIA Bowiei C. B. Clarke [family ACANTHACEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora Capensis
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora Capensis, Vol 5, page 1, (1912) Author: By C. B. CLARKE.
Names
JUSTICIA BowieiC. B. Clarke [family ACANTHACEAE]
Adhatoda petiolarisNees var.? β [family ACANTHACEAE], in DC. Prod. xi. 402.
Information
leaves up to 2 1/2 by 1 1/2 in., rhomboid-ovate, rather thick, persistently hairy on both surfaces (in Bowie's example); calyx green, 1/3 in. long; corolla red (Bowie) or blue (Flanagan); capsule more than 1/2 in. long; otherwise as J. petiolaris. null
Distribution
COAST REGION moist situations in George, Uitenhage, and Albany Divs.; Bowie! East London Div.; near the mouth of the Kei River, Flanagan, 882!SOUTH AFRICA without precise locality, Guthrie, 4711!