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Pseuderanthemum carruthersii var.carruthersii 'Reticulatum'

COMMON NAME

Yellow-Veined Eranthemum, Gold-Veined Eranthemum, Golden Net-Bush, El Dorado Eranthemum

TYPE

​Shrub

FAMILY

Acanthaceae

NOTES

A erect, multi-branched and evergreen perennial shrub, moderate to fast-growing. It bears simple, entire and ovate leaves, 3-5 inches long, variegated and are arranged in opposite pairs along the stems.It produces small white flat-faced flowers, 5-lobed with 2 fused together, and dotted with magenta-purple spots. Flowers are held in branched cluster on an upright spike at the branch tips.

GEOGRAPHIC REGION

Native to New Caledonia, Vanuatu.

NATIVE HABITAT

Found in open forests

WEB SOURCES

jaycjayc.com

florafaunaweb.nparks.gov.sg

 

Pseuderanthemum carruthersii var.carruthersii 'Reticulatum'