Russelia equisetiformis Schltdl. & Cham.

 
  • Family : SCROPHULARIACEAE
  • Family (As per The Plant List) : Plantaginaceae
  • Species : Russelia equisetiformis
  • Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Russelia equisetiformis Schltdl. & Cham.
  • Common name : Weeping Mary, Coral plant
  • Key identification features : A much-branched undershrubs. Stem is angular, with nodding branches. Leaves are ovate, linear-lanceolate, mostly reduced to minute bracts on branches. Flowers are pale red, orange or pink in colour, in dichotomous cymes.
  • Habit : Undershrub
  • Native : Mexico
  • Comments : Common is gardens.
  • Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
  • Distribution Locality : Cultivated
  • Floras referred : Ramaswamy & Razi, 1973 - Bangalore; Seetharam et al., 2000 - Gulbarga; Rao & Razi, 1981 - Mysore; Gopalakrishna Bhat, 2003 - Udupi; Gopalakrishna Bhat, 2014 - Flora of South Kanara

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