Barleria rigida
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Spiny leaves
03 May 2008
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Spiny bracts
09 Apr 2009
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Flower
09 Apr 2009
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Flower 2
09 Apr 2009
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Habit
09 Apr 2009
| Family: | Acanthaceae |
| Full name: | Barleria rigida Willd. ex Nees |
| ID status: | Fairly certain |
| Afrikaans common name(s): | Skerpioendissel |
| English common name(s): | Scorpion thistle |
| Synonym(s): | Barleria ilicina E.Mey. ex T.Anderson Barleria irritans Nees var. rigida (Nees) C.B.Clarke Barleria rigida Nees var. ilicina (E.Mey. ex T.Anderson) Oberm. Barleria schenckii Schinz |
| Status: | Native |
| Description: | Leaves oblong, 0.75 by 0.167– 0.2 in., nearly glabrous, narrowed at the base into a very short petiole, margins much sinuate, more spine-toothed. (from JSTOR website / Flora Capensis) |
| Link(s) |
African Plant Database
JSTOR Plant Science Kew Herbarium Catalogue BGBM Berlin-Dahlem - Virtual Herbarium Züricher Herbarien Flora of Zimbabwe Fleurs de notre Terre - Galerie Namibie |
| Content last updated: | 22 Nov 2011 |
