Peristrophe speciosa
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Peristrophe speciosa is a flowering plant
in the family Acanthaceae
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up to altitudes of 1,600 metres.
Flowering plant
The flowering plants , also known as Angiospermae or Magnoliophyta, are the most diverse group of land plants. Angiosperms are seed-producing plants like the gymnosperms and can be distinguished from the gymnosperms by a series of synapomorphies...
in the family Acanthaceae
Acanthaceae
The family Acanthaceae is a taxon of dicotyledonous flowering plants containing almost 250 genera and about 2500 species....
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Description
This species is a broad-leafed shrub with grayish stems and elliptic leaves that are approximately 8 cm. It has purple-pink flowers.Distribution
It is a native of Northern India, and occurs in the foothills of the HimalayasHimalayas
The Himalaya Range or Himalaya Mountains Sanskrit: Devanagari: हिमालय, literally "abode of snow"), usually called the Himalayas or Himalaya for short, is a mountain range in Asia, separating the Indian subcontinent from the Tibetan Plateau...
up to altitudes of 1,600 metres.