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Barleria greenii (Green's Barleria, Wild Bush Petunia)

Life > eukaryotes > Archaeoplastida > Chloroplastida > Charophyta > Streptophytina > Plantae (land plants) > Tracheophyta (vascular plants) > Euphyllophyta > Lignophyta (woody plants) > Spermatophyta (seed plants) > Angiospermae (flowering plants) > Eudicotyledons > Core Eudicots > Asterids > Euasterid I > Order: Lamiales > Family: Acanthaceae > Genus: Barleria

Barleria greenii (Green's Barleria, Wild Bush Petunia) [photo © Peter Swart, plantweb.co.za]

Perennial shrub, growing to height of 1.8 m. Distribution in southern Africa: South Africa > KwaZulu-Natal. See Pooley (1998: 436); link: Barleria greenii (PlantzAfrica.com).