Barleria

Plant Characteristics

Cultivation

Scientific Names

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Barleria is a genus of plants in the family Acanthaceae.

Some species include:

• Barleria cristata, the Crested Philippine violet
• B. obtusa, the Bush violet
• B. prionitis, Linn., the porcupine flower, a plant from India

Read about Barleria in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture

Barleria (J. Barrelier, died 1673, French botanist). Acanthaceae. Hothouse evergreen shrubs. Fls. axillary or terminal, the calyx with 4 sepals, the 2 outer larger than the inner; corolla-tube long, its limb of 5 rounded, ovate lobes.—A genus of 150 species of tropical shrubs, mostly African, sometimes seen in fine collections of stove plants, but not offered in the American trade. Prop. by cuttings of young wood, under a bell-jar with bottom heat. B. cristate, Linn., with purplish blue fls., or rarely white, in dense spikes, is sometimes used as a bedding plant. B. strigosa, Willd., with subcoriaceous Lvs., somewhat strigose, and large blue fls. in terminal spikes, is not uncommon in botanic garden collections. The above text is from the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture. It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article. Click on "Collapse" in the header to hide this text.

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References

• Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963

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