Mazhar Botanic Garden

Asystasia gangetica (L.) T.Anderson

Creeping foxglove

Sample code: EGY-MBG-000344
Common name: Creeping foxglove
English name: Chinese violet, Creeping foxglove
Arabic name: اسيستاسيا
Native: Old World Tropics
Country: India
(PGR): Rare

Evergreen herbaceous perennial herb, with usually ascending, branched, quadrangular stem up to 1 m long leaves simple, ovate, 8 cm long, 4 cm wide flowers trumpet -shaped, purple, the lower lobe dark purple in the center fruit capsule

ornamental plant, used ground cover, hedges. Leaves have been eaten as spinach by the local people.

Asystasia multiflora Klotzsch

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Texture: Loam
Fertility: Intermediate
Drainage: Moderately well drained
Salinity: Low
Water Sources: Moderate Water
Climates: Temperate
Lights: Full sun
Propagation: Cuttings
Flowering time: Spring, summer, autumn
Zone: 9 : 12
pH range: 6.5-7.5
Status: Cultivated
Life span: Perennial
Habits: Climber Herb Shrub
Sample Type: Introduced - cultivated
Collecting Sources: Botanical garden
Plant Uses: Groundcover Ornamental
Plant Populations density: Abundant
Vegetation types: Evergreen
pH: Mild acid

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