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Chinese Violet
Asystasia gangetica
9.06413, 7.41577
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.
Reference Links:
Asystasia gangetica - Wikipedia
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PublishedJanuary 11, 2019
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