Barleria prionitis

SPECIES

1. KingdomPlantae
2. PhylumTracheophyta
3. ClassMagnoliopsida
4. OrderLamiales
5. FamilyAcanthaceae

Observations recorded2,597

A much branched shrub armed with (1-) 2-4, greyish-white, 1-2 cm long sharp, axillary spines. Leaves on 0-2.5 cm long petiole; lamina elliptic or ovate-elliptic to obovate, (4-) 6-12 (-17) x 2-5 (-6) cm, sparsely pubescent beneath, scabrid-lineolate above, attenuate, entire, ciliate, bristly acuminate. Flowers large, golden-yellow, up to 7 cm long, often sessile and solitary lower leaf-axils, in short terminal spikes above; bracts oblong or oblong-lanceolate, 1-2.5 cm x 3-5 mm, keeled, glabrous or sparsely hairy on keel, acute, spine-tipped; bracteoles linear-subulate, 10-20 mm long, spinescent. Calyx lobes spine-tipped, outer 2 lobes broadly oblanceolate, 1.5-1.7 cm long, acuminate, glabrous, inner ones narrowly ovate-lanceolate, 10-12 mm long, mucronate; Corolla c. 1.5 cm across, pubescent to glabrous outside, tube 2-2.5 cm long; limb nearly as long as tube, lobes oblong-ovate, obtuse. Fertile stamens 2 with exserted filaments, anthers 2-6 mm long; stminodes 2 with short filaments, included, hairy at insertion. Ovary c. 3.5 mm long; style up to 4 cm long. Capsule ovoid-conical, 1.5-2 cm x 8-10 mm, beaked, 2-seeded. Seeds ± orbicular, c. 6 mm long, 5 mm across, appressed hairy.

via GBIF · Kew POWO

🔬Museum specimens

Specimen records

556

With media

519

Family

Acanthaceae

Collections

UTEP, MICH, NY, DAV, US, RSA

Recorded in

Puerto Rico, Malaysia, Philippines, Tanzania, Pakistan, Nauru, Sri Lanka, India

Wikidata facts

Instance of

taxon

Parent taxon

Barleria

Image

Barleria prionitis (Porcupine flower) in Hyderabad, AP W IMG 9993.jpg

Has use

medicinal plant

via Wikidata · CC0