Class
Family
Annual, biennial or perennial herbs, sometimes shrubs, hispid or with soft hairs. Infl. short, strongly bracteate, cymose, often terminal. Calyx 5-lobed, sometimes divided to base, persistent. Corolla cylindric, usually funnelform, rarely salverform; tube > lobes, with 5 longitudinal folds; lobes white, yellowish, blue or purple; throat with bands of hairs or scales. Stamens included. Stigma capitate or 2-lobed. Nutlets smooth or tuberculate, shining, very hard.
[From: Webb et al. (1988) Flora of New Zealand. Volume 4.]
Category | Number |
---|---|
Exotic: Fully Naturalised | 1 |
Total | 1 |