Odontonema strictum

Odontonema strictum
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Asterids
Order: Lamiales
Family: Acanthaceae
Genus: Odontonema
Species: O. brevipes
Binomial name
Odontonema strictum
Kuntze

Odontonema strictum is a species of plant in the family Acanthaceae which is endemic to South America. The plant grows to a height of two metres or half that if it grown in a container. The waxy flowers grow in twelve inch spikes and in their native country they attract hummingbirds and butterflies when they bloom in the autumn.[1]

References

  1. Odontnema strictum, plantoftheweek.org, accessed August 2012


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