Barleria prionitis L.
Common Name : Porcupine flower
Family : Acanthaceae

HABIT |
A MUCH-BRANCHED, PERENNIAL, USUALLY PRICKLY SHRUB, UP TO 3 M TALL. |
STEMS |
WITH WHITISH STEMS AND ROUNDED BRANCHES. |
LEAVES |
OPPOSITE, ELLIPTIC, ACUMINATE, LINEOLATE, BRISTLETIPPED, ENTIRE, 9-18 CM LONG AND 2.5-5.7 CM WIDE, GLABROUS ABOVE, YOUNG LEAVES OFTEN PUBESCENT BENEATH. |
FLOWERS |
ORANGE-YELLOW OR CREAM-COLOURED, SESSILE, BORNE IN AXILLARY FOLIACEOUS BRISTLE-TIPPED BRACTS. |
FRUITS |
CAPSULES OVOID, 1.8-2.5 CM LONG WITH A TAPERING BEAK, 2-SEEDED. |
SEEDS |
COMPRESSED, OVATE, CLOTHED WITH SILKY APPRESSED HAIRS. |