E. pulchellum has thick, stiff and leathery leaves, dark green in color, sharp apex, serrated margins, inclining veins and hairs. The leaves have stalks and appear on the branches.
Flowers emerge from the green-white veined bracts that remain after the blooms have fallen off, forming columns several centimeters long. Fan-shaped and bright blue in color.
Kingdom: Plantae
Phylum: Tracheophyta
Subphylum: Angiospermae
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order: Lamiales
Family: Acanthaceae
Subfamily: Acanthoideae
Tribe: Ruellieae
Subtribe: Erantheminae
Genus: Eranthemum
Species: Eranthemum pulchellum
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