Pachystachys lutea

Date collected: December 04, 1999
Collected by:Joyce Ann Edgar

Synonym: Pachystachys lutea

1. Genus species: Pachystachys lutea
2. Family: Acanthaceae
3. English name: Golden Candle (Lollipop plant)
4. Chuukese name:
5. Kosraean name:
6. Pohnpeian name:
7. Yapese name:
8. Growth form: Shrub
9. Growth location: terrestrial
10. Growth environment: cultivated garden
11. Growth zone: tropical
12. Average height: 70 cm
13. Stem: woody smooth
14. Leaf arrangement: alternate
15. Stipule: absent
16. Petioles: 0.1-0.3 cm
17. Leaf blade:oval to lanceolate shaped leaves; 1-15 cm long,acuminate tip; acute to cordate base; kind of smooth, bright green upper surface; pinnate venation; entire to serrulate margin
18. Inflorescence:spike usually comprised of four or more flowers; flowers are opposite located at the base of each bract
19. Floral bracts: cone-shaped; each bract is kind of cordate shaped; 2.5 cm; golden yellow
20. Flower: bilabiate
21. Calyx: two observed
22. Corrola: seem to be four or five, but fused together
23. Stamens: 2 observed at time of collection; 1.5-2 cm filament; fork-like 0.4 anthers
24. Ovary: green
25. Style: 2-2.5 cm single style
26. Fruit: flower odor is light
27. Seed: none observed at collection time
28. Anything else:
29. Cultural usage:

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