Dyschoriste depressa Nees.
Common Name : Dwarf snakerherb
Family : Acanthaceae
HABIT |
PERENNIAL (RARELY SHRUBBY) HERB WITH WELL DEVELOPED ROOTSTOCK,
UP TO 60 CM LONG. |
STEMS |
PROCUMBENT OR TRAILING,
ROOTING OR NOT (RARELY ERECT IN PYROPHYTIC FORMS SUBGLABROUS TO DENSELY
WHITISH PUBESCENT. |
LEAVES |
OBOVATE, APEX BROADLY ROUNDED TO RETUSE WITH A SMALL TRIANGULAR
TIP, ON BOTH SIDES GLABROUS TO SPARSELY PUBESCENT, OFTEN ONLY ALONG MIDRIB
AND VEINS WITH GLABROUS LAMINA, MARGIN DISTINCTLY CRISPED-CILIATE. |
FLOWERS |
FLOWERS IN CONDENSED AXILLARY
CYMES WITH 1-3 FLOWERS; WHITE, PALE BLUE TO BLUE OR MAUVE TO VIOLET. |
FRUITS |
CAPSULE 8-14 MM LONG, SHORTER
THAN CALYX (RARELY SAME LENGTH). |
SEEDS |
2-3 MM LONG. |