✿Acanthaceae · Pleocaulus
Pleocaulus sessilioides
Undershruboutdoor
- Habit
- Undershrub
- Flowering
- November-December
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Pleocaulus sessilioides
- Genus
- Pleocaulus
- Family
- Acanthaceae
- Habit
- Undershrub
- Habitat
- Grasslands
- Habitat type
- Grassland
- Flowering & fruiting
- November-December
- Conservation status
- Not Evaluated (NE)
Leaf characters
- Leaf surface
- Pubescent (softly hairy)recorded
Typical of the family
- Arrangement
- Opposite
Characters marked “recorded” are for Pleocaulus sessilioides itself; the rest are typical of the Acanthaceae family.
Flower & fruit characters
- Flower colour
- PurplerecordedPurple or violet
Typical of the family
- Flower symmetry
- Zygomorphic (bilaterally symmetrical)
- Inflorescence
- Spike
- Fruit
- Capsule
Characters marked “recorded” are for Pleocaulus sessilioides itself; the rest are typical of the Acanthaceae family — flowering plants only.
About Pleocaulus sessilioides
Pleocaulus sessilioides belongs to the Acanthaceae family, where it grows as a low shrub. It grows in grasslands. Flowering and fruiting run from November to December.
Botanical family
Acanthaceae
Acanthus family
Pleocaulus sessilioides belongs to the Acanthaceae family.
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