Willowleaf Angelon
Angelonia salicariifolia
- Habit
- Herb
- Found in India
- Tamil Nadu, Goa, Gujarat & more
- Flowering
- Throughout the year
How to identify Willowleaf Angelon
Identify Willowleaf Angelon 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: Willow-like narrow leaves.
- Confirm flower colour: Blue/purple.
- In season, compare flowering and fruiting time: Throughout the year.
- In India, compare location records such as Tamil Nadu, Goa, Gujarat, Rajasthan.
- Confirm it sits within the Scrophulariaceae family pattern, then compare close relatives before deciding it is Willowleaf Angelon.
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Angelonia salicariifolia
- Genus
- Angelonia
- Family
- Scrophulariaceae
- Habit
- Herb
- Habitat
- Grown as ornamental plant
- Habitat type
- Cultivated
- Native to
- South America
- Distribution
- Naturalized in Tropics
- Found in India
- Tamil Nadu, Goa, Gujarat, Rajasthan
- 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 Willowleaf Angelon itself; the rest are typical of the Scrophulariaceae family — flowering plants only.
About Willowleaf Angelon
Willowleaf angelon (Angelonia salicariifolia) is a herb in the Scrophulariaceae family. In India it has been recorded in Tamil Nadu, Goa, Gujarat and 1 other states. It is grown as ornamental plant. It flowers and fruits through much of the year.
Scrophulariaceae
Figwort family
Willowleaf Angelon belongs to the Scrophulariaceae family.
The illustration represents the family — not necessarily this exact species.
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