| Biological classification: |
- kingdom: Plantae
- - phylum: Tracheophyta
- -- class: Magnoliopsida
- --- order: Lamiales
- ---- family: Acanthaceae
- ----- species: Barleria pretoriensis
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| Characteristics: | erect, perennial herb; up to 75 cm tall; smooth stems grow from a woody rootstock; opposite, lanceolate leaves with a toothed margin; leaf ends in a sharp spine; white, tubular flowers that turn mauve with age; fruit is a hairy capsule |
| Countries: | - BW
- Botswana
- NA
- Namibia
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| Ecoregions: | - AT0709
- Kalahari Acacia-Baikiaea woodlands
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