Tsammalex - Barleria rigida (Scorpion thistle)

Biological classification:

kingdom: Plantae
- phylum: Tracheophyta
-- class: Magnoliopsida
--- order: Lamiales
---- family: Acanthaceae
----- species: Barleria rigida

Characteristics:

woody shrub, 25cm, stems are white, spoon-shaped leaves with white, wavy/toothed margins, white, pink, blue or purple tubular flowers, fruit is a flat capsule that opens explosively when moistured

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References:

Van Rooyen et al. 2001: 80

Biological classification:	kingdom: Plantae - phylum: Tracheophyta -- class: Magnoliopsida --- order: Lamiales ---- family: Acanthaceae ----- species: Barleria rigida
Characteristics:	woody shrub, 25cm, stems are white, spoon-shaped leaves with white, wavy/toothed margins, white, pink, blue or purple tubular flowers, fruit is a flat capsule that opens explosively when moistured
Links:	eol GBIF CatalogueOfLife BHL
References:	Van Rooyen et al. 2001: 80

Species Barleria rigida Willd. ex Nees (Scorpion thistle)