Odontonema strictum
Odontonema strictum | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
(unranked): | Angiosperms |
(unranked): | Eudicots |
(unranked): | Asterids |
Order: | Lamiales |
Family: | Acanthaceae |
Genus: | Odontonema |
Species: | O. brevipes |
Binomial name | |
Odontonema strictum Kuntze | |
Odontonema strictum is a species of plant in the family Acanthaceae which is endemic to South America. The plant grows to a height of two metres or half that if it grown in a container. The waxy flowers grow in twelve inch spikes and in their native country they attract hummingbirds and butterflies when they bloom in the autumn.[1]
References
- ↑ Odontnema strictum, plantoftheweek.org, accessed August 2012