Daedalacanthus

Plant Characteristics
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Cultivation

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Scientific Names

Read about Daedalacanthus in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture
Daedalacanthus (Greek words, signifying an acanthad of curious structure). Acanthaceae. Tropical shrubs or sub-shrubs, with blue or rose-colored flowers, sometimes grown under glass and in the open in warm countries. Leaves entire or scarcely dentate: fls. in bracted spikes which are sometimes paniculate, the bracts usually much exceeding the calyx; calyx deeply 5-lobed or -parted; corolla-tube elongated and slender, more or less curved, bearing an oblique spreading 5-lobed limb; perfect stamens 2, affixed in the throat, included; style slender and recurved: fr. an ovate or oblong caps., the seeds 4 or fewer.—Some 15 to 20 species in E. India and Malay Archipelago; by some authors the name Eranthemum is applied to these plants and what are known as Eranthemum in this work then become Pseuderanthemum. This genus contains some tender shrubs of rather difficult culture under glass, but great favorites in the tropics, particularly in India. D. nervosus is a popular winter- and spring-blooming shrub in southern Florida. It has blue flowers an inch across, five-lobed, and shaded purple at the mouth of the tube. For culture, see Justicia. ^CH 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 It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article.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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