Indoneesiella echioides (L.) Sreem.

Common Name : False waterwillow
Family : Acanthaceae

HABIT

AN ERECT, ANNUAL HERB, UP TO 60 CM TALL.

STEMS

GROOVED, QUADRANGULAR, CLOTHED WITH SPREADING HAIRS.

LEAVES

3.2-7.5 CM LONG AND 1-2.5 CM WIDE, OBLONG OR SUB-ELLIPTIC, OBTUSE, SPARSELY HAIRY, CILIATE ALONG MARGINS, BASE CUNEATE

FLOWERS

NUMEROUS, WITH A PINK OR WHITE COROLLA WITH DARK PURPLE BLOTCHES ON THE LOWER LIP, DENSELY PUBESCENT OUTSIDE, BORNE ALONG THE UPPER SIDE OF A SLENDER, GLANDULAR-HAIRY RACHIS, IN AXILLARY RACEMES.

FRUITS

CAPSULES 1-1.3 CM LONG AND HALF AS BROAD, COMPRESSED, ACUTE AT BOTH ENDS, HAIRY.

SEEDS

OBLONG, UP TO 2.5 MM LONG, NOT COMPRESSED, PITTED, GLABROUS.