Hebenstretia lanceolata
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| Hebenstretia lanceolata | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Lamiales |
| Family: | Scrophulariaceae |
| Genus: | Hebenstretia |
| Species: | H. lanceolata |
| Binomial name | |
| Hebenstretia lanceolata (E.Mey.) Rolfe | |
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Hebenstretia lanceolata is a species of plant from South Africa. It belongs to the figwort family.
This hairy shrub grows 20–60 cm (7.9–23.6 in) tall.[2][3] the leaves are broad and toothed with hairy bracts. Flowers are present between September and November. They grow in spikes and are white with orange markings. They are hairy below the lobes and the calyx has a tooth at the tip. The fruit is a vacuolate ellipsoid with two approximately equal mericarps. [2]