Edit Plant: Aphelandra tetragona

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Describe the plant here... {{Inc| Aphelandra tetragona, Nées (A. cristàta, Lindl. Justicia cristata, Jacq. J. tetrágono, Vahl). An erect or spreading, shrub: sts. terete, woody below, green, tinted with red when young: Lvs. opposite and decussate, petiolate, green, glabrous or nearly so, elliptic or elliptic-ovate, acuminate or acute, 6-12 in. long, and 2-7 in. diam., entire or crenate, slightly undulate; petiole as much as 6 in. long, slender, hairy: infl. an erect-terminal cluster of spikes, the central one hairy, 6-8 in. long, with shorter ones branching from its base, often, when well grown, bearing from 10-12 lateral spikes of various lengths; fls. bright scarlet, crowded on the spike, and the bulk of them opening together; bracts erect, closely ad- pressed to the rachis, green, ovate, acute, ⅓ in. long, ciliate; bracteoles lanceolate, hairy; corolla scarlet, 1¼ in. diam., tube 2 in. long, narrow at the base, broadening upwards, lip reflexed, 1¼ in. long; upper pair of petals hooded, lateral ones reduced to short obtuse lobes. Trop. S. Amer. B.M. 8272. Gt. 40: 1354.—The finest species in cult.; a magnificent stove plant. }} ==Cultivation== ===Propagation=== ===Pests and diseases=== ==Varieties== ==Gallery== <gallery perrow=5> Image:Upload.png| photo 1 Image:Upload.png| photo 2 Image:Upload.png| photo 3 </gallery> ==References== <references/> *[[Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture]], by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963    ==External links== *{{wplink}} {{stub}} __NOTOC__

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