Angelonia biflora
- Habit
- Herb
- Found in India
- Karnataka
- Flowering
- Throughout the year
How to identify Angelonia biflora
Identify Angelonia biflora by combining habit, leaf characters, flower or fruit details, location, and its family pattern. Do not rely on one feature alone.
- Look for a herb habit.
- Check the distinctive field mark: Two flowers per stalk.
- Confirm flower colour: Blue/purple.
- In season, compare flowering and fruiting time: Throughout the year.
- In India, compare location records such as Karnataka.
- Confirm it sits within the Scrophulariaceae family pattern, then compare close relatives before deciding it is Angelonia biflora.
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Angelonia biflora
- Genus
- Angelonia
- Family
- Scrophulariaceae
- Habit
- Herb
- Habitat
- Cultivated in gardens
- Habitat type
- Cultivated
- Native to
- South America
- Distribution
- An introduced from South America, now naturalized in tropics
- Found in India
- Karnataka
- Flowering & fruiting
- Throughout the year
- Conservation status
- Not Evaluated (NE)
Leaf characters
- Arrangement
- Opposite
Typical of the Scrophulariaceae family — a field-mark hint, not measured for this exact species.
Flower & fruit characters
- Flower colour
- Blue/purplerecorded
Typical of the family
- Flower symmetry
- Zygomorphic (bilaterally symmetrical)
- Inflorescence
- Raceme
- Fruit
- Capsule
Characters marked “recorded” are for Angelonia biflora itself; the rest are typical of the Scrophulariaceae family — flowering plants only.
About Angelonia biflora
Angelonia biflora is a herb in the Scrophulariaceae family. In India it has been recorded in Karnataka. It is cultivated in gardens. It flowers and fruits through much of the year.
Scrophulariaceae
Figwort family
Angelonia biflora belongs to the Scrophulariaceae family.
The illustration represents the family — not necessarily this exact species.
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