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Aphelandra chamissoniana, Nées (A. punctata, Bull). An erect herb or sub-shrub: sts. slender, erect, terete, green, lower part more or less woody: Lvs. petiolate, elliptic or elliptic-lanceolate, tapering at apex and base, and up to 6 in. long, upper part light green, marked along the principal veins and midrib with dull silvery white or yellowish white, the silvery markings sometimes spreading over nearly the entire If.; petiole short or up to an inch or more long, lower side dull light green: infl. an erect unbranched spike, as much as a foot long when strong and 2-3 in. wide; bracts ovate- lanceolate, bright yellow, tipped with green, coarsely serrate, slightly reflexed; calyx ⅓ in. long; sepals lanceolate; corolla bright yellow, an inch diam. ; tube 1½ in. long, curved outward and tapering upward; lobes ovate, nearly equal; anthers yellow. S. Brazil. B.M. 6627. I.H.29:457.
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==References==
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*[[Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture]], by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963
<!--- xxxxx  *Flora: The Gardener's Bible, by Sean Hogan. Global Book Publishing, 2003. ISBN 0881925381  -->
<!--- xxxxx  *American Horticultural Society: A-Z Encyclopedia of Garden Plants, by Christopher Brickell, Judith D. Zuk. 1996. ISBN 0789419432  -->
<!--- xxxxx  *Sunset National Garden Book. Sunset Books, Inc., 1997. ISBN 0376038608  -->

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