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Barleria obtusa (Bush violet)

Bosviooltjie [Afrikaans]; idololenkonyane [Zulu]

Life > eukaryotes > Archaeoplastida > Chloroplastida > Charophyta > Streptophytina > Plantae (land plants) > Tracheophyta (vascular plants) > Euphyllophyta > Lignophyta (woody plants) > Spermatophyta (seed plants) > Angiospermae (flowering plants) > Eudicotyledons > Core Eudicots > Asterids > Euasterid I > Order: Lamiales > Family: Acanthaceae > Genus: Barleria

Barleria obtusa (Bush violet) Barleria obtusa (Bush violet)

Perennial shrub, dwarf shrub or herb, growing to height of 1 m. Distribution in southern Africa: South Africa > Eastern Cape, KwaZulu-Natal, Mpumalanga, Limpopo, North West, Gauteng; Swaziland.

See Pooley (1998: 490, 436); van Wyk & Malan (1997: 242); Joffe (2001: 144).; Link: Barleria obtusa (PlantzAfrica.com).