Sweet Shaggytuft

Stenandrium dulce

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Botanical name
Stenandrium dulce
Also known as
Pinklet, Sweet Shaggytuft
Family
Acanthaceae
Genus
Stenandrium
Reference
World Flora Online

How to grow Sweet Shaggytuft

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Other names for this plant

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

Gerardia dulcis Nierembergia prunellifolia Ruellia dulcis

Others in Stenandrium

Stenandrium andrei
Stenandrium scabrosum
Stenandrium tuberosum
Stenandrium affine
Stenandrium arnoldii
Stenandrium dulce var. dulce
Stenandrium fosbergii
Stenandrium mandioccanum

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