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Strobilanthes gossypinus, T. Anders. Shrubby, covered with dense yellowish wool: lvs. 4 x 2 in., ovate, acute, base broad-rhomboid, subcoriaceous, entire, wool of upper surface deciduous: spikes 1-3 in. long, linear-oblong, woolly, compound, becoming paniculate: fls. violet; calyx-segms. narrowly lanceolate; corolla nearly straight. India.
Strobilanthes gossypinus, T. Anders. Shrubby, covered with dense yellowish wool: lvs. 4 x 2 in., ovate, acute, base broad-rhomboid, subcoriaceous, entire, wool of upper surface deciduous: spikes 1-3 in. long, linear-oblong, woolly, compound, becoming paniculate: fls. violet; calyx-segms. narrowly lanceolate; corolla nearly straight. India. B.M. 7790. G.M. 56:958.
 
 
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Plant Characteristics
Habit   shrub

Height: 3 ft"ft" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 3. to 5 ft"ft" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 5.
Width: 20 in"in" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 20. to 30 in"in" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 30.
Lifespan: perennial
Bloom: early summer, mid summer, late summer
Cultivation
Exposure: part-sun
Features: flowers
USDA Zones: 10 to 12
Flower features: blue, purple
Scientific Names

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Read about Strobilanthes gossypinus in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture 

Strobilanthes gossypinus, T. Anders. Shrubby, covered with dense yellowish wool: lvs. 4 x 2 in., ovate, acute, base broad-rhomboid, subcoriaceous, entire, wool of upper surface deciduous: spikes 1-3 in. long, linear-oblong, woolly, compound, becoming paniculate: fls. violet; calyx-segms. narrowly lanceolate; corolla nearly straight. India. CH


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