IUCN Status

- Dipteracanthus patulus ( Jacq.) Nees., Petalidium patulum (Jacq.) Dalzell & A. Gibson, Dipteracanthus erectus Nees.
- Naturally grown
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It is a erect, much branched, basally woody shrub with Leaves entire densely velvet-hairy on both sides, entire margin, elliptic-ovate rarely obovate. Flowers pale white to pale violet, stalkless, usually solitary in leaf axil.
Sources: POWO, FOI
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Ruellia patula: Habit
It is a native perennial/annual shrub/subshrub, grows primarily in seasonally dry tropical biomes from Africa to Indian Subcontinent and Indo-China.