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Chinese Violet

Asystasia gangetica

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Field Notes

Description:

Also known as Coromandel or Creeping foxglove, this is about 50 cm tall spreading herb, white five-petaled flowers, lower petal different in form and is purple patterned. Flowers some 2,5 to 3 cm in diameter.

Habitat:

On banks of a small stream in a large city park (Millenium park, Abuja). This is a widespread groundcover plant in Old World tropics.

Species ID Suggestions

Comments (2)

and got another one, after over a year of searching - thanks PlantNet.
This can be Pseuderanthemum. :)

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