https://www.gardenology.org/w/index.php?action=history&feed=atom&title=Aphelandra_tetragonaAphelandra tetragona - Revision history2026-04-10T17:40:27ZRevision history for this page on the wikiMediaWiki 1.43.0https://www.gardenology.org/w/index.php?title=Aphelandra_tetragona&diff=94370&oldid=prevMurali.lalitha: Created page with '{{SPlantbox |genus=Aphelandra |species=tetragona |Temp Metric=°F |jumpin=If this plant info box on watering; zones; height; etc. is mostly empty you can click on the edit tab a…'2010-01-18T11:12:25Z<p>Created page with '{{SPlantbox |genus=Aphelandra |species=tetragona |Temp Metric=°F |jumpin=If this plant info box on watering; zones; height; etc. is mostly empty you can click on the edit tab a…'</p>
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Aphelandra tetragona, Nées (A. cristàta, Lindl. Justicia cristata, Jacq. J. tetrágono, Vahl). An erect or spreading, shrub: sts. terete, woody below, green, tinted with red when young: Lvs. opposite and decussate, petiolate, green, glabrous or nearly so, elliptic or elliptic-ovate, acuminate or acute, 6-12 in. long, and 2-7 in. diam., entire or crenate, slightly undulate; petiole as much as 6 in. long, slender, hairy: infl. an erect-terminal cluster of spikes, the central one hairy, 6-8 in. long, with shorter ones branching from its base, often, when well grown, bearing from 10-12 lateral spikes of various lengths; fls. bright scarlet, crowded on the spike, and the bulk of them opening together; bracts erect, closely ad- pressed to the rachis, green, ovate, acute, ⅓ in. long, ciliate; bracteoles lanceolate, hairy; corolla scarlet, 1¼ in. diam., tube 2 in. long, narrow at the base, broadening upwards, lip reflexed, 1¼ in. long; upper pair of petals hooded, lateral ones reduced to short obtuse lobes. Trop. S. Amer. B.M. 8272. Gt. 40: 1354.—The finest species in cult.; a magnificent stove plant.<br />
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*[[Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture]], by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963<br />
<!--- xxxxx *Flora: The Gardener's Bible, by Sean Hogan. Global Book Publishing, 2003. ISBN 0881925381 --><br />
<!--- xxxxx *American Horticultural Society: A-Z Encyclopedia of Garden Plants, by Christopher Brickell, Judith D. Zuk. 1996. ISBN 0789419432 --><br />
<!--- xxxxx *Sunset National Garden Book. Sunset Books, Inc., 1997. ISBN 0376038608 --><br />
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