Nelsonia canescens
Description 2
Decumbent to suberect perennial herb. Stems up to 35 cm long; most parts densely covered in soft spreading hairs. Leaves opposite elliptic; margin entire. Flowers in terminal cylindrical spikes, with ovate, glandular and hairy bracts. Corolla, 5-lobed, 2-lipped, mauve-blue, purplish or white. Capsule oblong, slightly beaked.
Diagnostic 3
"Diffuse herbs with trailing branches; young parts softly villous. Leaves in whorls of 3, or upper decussate, oblanceate, 6-10 by 3-4.5 cm, base cuneate, margin subentire, apex obtuse, lateral veins c. 8 pairs, puberulous, thin-chartaceous. Flowers in dense broad spikes, axillary and terminal; bracts ovate, closely imbricate, densely villous; calyx-lobes 4, unequal; corolla bluish, lobes 5, 2-lipped; stamens 2, exerted, anther cells 2, divergent; ovary 2-locular; ovules 8-10 per locule. Capsule oblong. Seeds subglobose, granular."
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More Info
- iNat taxon page
- African Plants - a photo guide
- Atlas of Living Australia
- Biodiversity Heritage Library
- BOLD Systems BIN search
- eFloras.org
- Flora of North America (beta)
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)
- HOSTS - a Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants
- IPNI (with links to POWO, WFO, and BHL)
- NatureServe Explorer 2.0
- SEINet Symbiota portals
- Tropicos
- USDA PLANTS database
- World Flora Online
