Plant's Details

Scientific Name
Asystasia mysorensis (Roth) T.Anderson
Category
Angiosperms
Created on Date
2024-08-28 13:59:51
Common Name
Mysore Asystasis
Synonym(s)
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Family
Acanthaceae
Status
Live
Description

A roadside small shrub in the campus of YCIS and flowers during winter months. An erect herb, 1 m tall, with quadrangular stem. Leaves are large, elliptic-oblong, pointed, suddenly narrowing long leaf stalk. Flowers are white, 2-lipped, upper lip 4-lobed, and the lower one lobed.The native range of this species is Ethiopia to S. Africa, Yemen, India. It is an annual and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.