Sanchezia
Sanchezia speciosa
Also known as Fire Fingers
- Habit
- Shrub
- Native to
- Northern-South America
- Flowering
- September-January
How to identify Sanchezia
Identify Sanchezia 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: Yellow.
- In season, compare flowering and fruiting time: September-January.
- Confirm it sits within the Acanthaceae family pattern, then compare close relatives before deciding it is Sanchezia.
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Sanchezia speciosa
- Genus
- Sanchezia
- Family
- Acanthaceae
- Habit
- Shrub
- Native to
- Northern-South America
- Flowering & fruiting
- September-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 Sanchezia itself; the rest are typical of the Acanthaceae family.
Flower & fruit characters
- Flower colour
- Yellowrecorded
Typical of the family
- Flower symmetry
- Zygomorphic (bilaterally symmetrical)
- Inflorescence
- Spike
- Fruit
- Capsule
Characters marked “recorded” are for Sanchezia itself; the rest are typical of the Acanthaceae family — flowering plants only.
About Sanchezia
Sanchezia (Sanchezia speciosa) is a shrub in the Acanthaceae family. It is native to Northern-South America. Flowering and fruiting run from September to January.
Acanthaceae
Acanthus family
Sanchezia belongs to the Acanthaceae family.
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