Grey Gymnostachyum
Gymnostachyum canescens
- Habit
- Shrub
- Flowering
- July-January
How to identify Grey Gymnostachyum
Identify Grey Gymnostachyum by combining habit, leaf characters, flower or fruit details, location, and its family pattern. Do not rely on one feature alone.
- Look for a shrub habit.
- Confirm leaf surface: Glabrous (smooth, hairless).
- Confirm flower colour: White.
- In season, compare flowering and fruiting time: July-January.
- Confirm it sits within the Acanthaceae family pattern, then compare close relatives before deciding it is Grey Gymnostachyum.
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Gymnostachyum canescens
- Genus
- Gymnostachyum
- Family
- Acanthaceae
- Habit
- Shrub
- Habitat
- Evergreen forests
- Habitat type
- Forest
- Distribution
- India, Sri Lanka, Arabia, China
- Flowering & fruiting
- July-January
- Conservation status
- Not Evaluated (NE)
Leaf characters
- Leaf surface
- Glabrous (smooth, hairless)recorded
Typical of the family
- Arrangement
- Opposite
Characters marked “recorded” are for Grey Gymnostachyum itself; the rest are typical of the Acanthaceae family.
Flower & fruit characters
- Flower colour
- Whiterecorded
Typical of the family
- Flower symmetry
- Zygomorphic (bilaterally symmetrical)
- Inflorescence
- Spike
- Fruit
- Capsule
Characters marked “recorded” are for Grey Gymnostachyum itself; the rest are typical of the Acanthaceae family — flowering plants only.
About Grey Gymnostachyum
Grey Gymnostachyum (Gymnostachyum canescens) is a shrub in the Acanthaceae family. It grows in evergreen forests. Flowering and fruiting run from July to January.
Acanthaceae
Acanthus family
Grey Gymnostachyum belongs to the Acanthaceae family.
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