Common name: Bush Violet
Family: Acanthaceae
Synonym(s):
Country of Origin: southern Africa - Northern Provinces to Eastern Cape
Description:
Uses:
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USDA Zone: 9b-11
Source: Kartuz Greenhouses
Provenance:
Restrictions:
Culture:
Sun to semi shade, grows best with regular moisture year round, prefers well drained soils with abundant nutrients
Classification:
- Division: Magnoliophyta
- Class: Magnoliopsida
- SubClass: euasterid I
- Order: Lamiales
- SubOrder:
- Family: Acanthaceae
- SubFamily: Acanthoideae
- Tribe: Barlerieae
- SubTribe:
References:
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Barleria obtusa at PlantzAfrica. Accessed 7 June 2015.
- The Plant List (2013). Version 1.1. Accessed 7 June 2105.
- Barleria obtusa at African Plants Database. Accessed 7 June 2015.
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