goldfussia
Strobilanthes sp.
-2.56285, 140.504
Field Notes
Description:
A prolific herbaceous cum woody shrub. Not currently blooming but flowers are small tubular, colored white and lilac.
Habitat:
Growing as a hedge throughout this location: a semi-urban environment of houses, yards & gardens and patches of remnant forest. This is in the equatorial tropics of northern New Guinea.
Notes:
Most promising species so far is Strobilanthes anisophylla. See http://www.newplantsandflowers.com/darker-and-more-compact-strobilanthe… and http://www.planthis.com.au/plant-information.asp?gardener=23114&tabview…
And Strobilanthes persicifolia, perhaps a synonym. http://www.flickr.com/photos/tony_rodd/3807876348/
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PublishedFebruary 28, 2013
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