Blue-Sage

Eranthemum pulchellum

Andrews Species

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Botanical name
Eranthemum pulchellum
Also known as
Blue-Sage
Family
Acanthaceae
Genus
Eranthemum
Reference
World Flora Online

How to grow Blue-Sage

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Other names for this plant

These names have all been used for Eranthemum pulchellum but are no longer the accepted name. You may still meet them on old labels, in books, or in nursery catalogues.

Daedalacanthus nervosus Daedalacanthus scaber Daedalacanthus varians Eranthemum aspersum Eranthemum asperum Eranthemum edgeworthianum Eranthemum grandiflorum Eranthemum nervosum Eranthemum nervosum var. scabrum Eranthemum pulchellum var. varians Eranthemum scabrum Eranthemum varians Fittonia verschaffeltii var. pearsei Justicia bicolor Justicia colorata Justicia nervosa Pseuderanthemum asperum Pseuderanthemum pulchellum Ruellia varians Siphoneranthemum nervosum Upudalia pulchella

Others in Eranthemum

Eranthemum capense
Eranthemum splendens
Eranthemum austrosinense
Eranthemum austrosinense var. austrosinense
Eranthemum austrosinense var. pubipetalum
Eranthemum burmanicum
Eranthemum macrophyllum
Eranthemum strictum

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