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{{Taxobox
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| name = ''LATINNAME'' <!--- replace LATINNAME with the actual latin name -->
| name = ''Lepidagathis''
| common_names = <!--- if multiple, list all, if none, leave blank -->
| regnum = [[Plantae]]
| growth_habit = ? <!--- tree, shrub, herbaceous, vine, etc -->
| divisio = [[Flowering plant|Magnoliophyta]]
| high = ? <!--- 1m (3 ft) -->
| classis = [[Magnoliopsida]]
| wide = <!--- 65cm (25 inches) -->
| ordo = [[Lamiales]]
| origin = ? <!--- Mexico, S America, S Europe, garden, etc -->
| familia = [[Acanthaceae]]
| poisonous = <!--- indicate parts of plants which are known/thought to be poisonous -->
| genus = '''''Lepidagathis'''''
| lifespan = <!--- perennial, annual, etc -->
| genus_authority = [[Carl Ludwig von Willdenow|Willd.]]
| exposure = ? <!--- full sun, part-sun, semi-shade, shade, indoors, bright filtered (you may list more than 1) -->
| subdivision_ranks = [[Species]]
| water = ? <!--- frequent, regular, moderate, drought tolerant, let dry then soak -->
| subdivision =
| features = <!--- flowers, fragrance, fruit, naturalizes, invasive -->
| hardiness = <!--- frost sensitive, hardy, 5°C (40°F), etc -->
| bloom = <!--- seasons which the plant blooms, if it is grown for its flowers -->
| usda_zones = ? <!--- eg. 8-11 -->
| sunset_zones = <!--- eg. 8, 9, 12-24, not available -->
| color = IndianRed
| image = Upload.png <!--- Freesia.jpg -->
| image_width = 240px <!--- leave as 240px if horizontal orientation photo, or change to 180px if vertical -->
| image_caption = <!--- eg. Cultivated freesias -->
| regnum = Plantae
| divisio = Magnoliophyta
| classis = Magnoliopsida
| ordo = Lamiales
| familia = Acanthaceae
| genus = Lepidagathis
}}
}}
{{Inc|
Lepidagathis (Greek, scale and ball, in allusion to the curved infl.). Acanthaceae. Tropical herbs and shrubs; one is in horticultural literature as a warm-house evergreen shrub. It is L. cristata, Willd., in Trop. India, with purplish flowers, linear or oblong nearly glabrous leaves and spinose-acuminate bracts and bracteoles: flowers in globose clusters or heads near the base of the plant; corolla 1/3 in. long, in bud densely hairy, white with purple or brown spots: sts. 6-24 in., procumbent. Lepidagathis has about 50 species, of which two are in the American tropics and the others in the Old World.
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==Cultivation==
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===Propagation===
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===Pests and diseases===
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==Species==
Selected species:
* ''[[Lepidagathis riedeliana]]''
==Gallery==
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</gallery>
==References==
*[[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 -->
==Selected species==
==External links==
* ''[[Lepidagathis riedeliana]]'' [[Nees]]
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