Scientific Name:	Strobilanthes dyerianus
Pronunciation:	stroh-bil-AN-theez dy-er-ee-AN-us
Common Name:	Persian shield
Family Name:	Acanthaceae
Plant Type:	Annual, Indoor foliage plant
Key ID Features:	Leaves mature with bright, metallic-purple stripes radiating outward from the central leaf vein, to 8-12 (-20) cm long.
Course(s):	HORT 1193/1293

Habit: Upright Form: Texture: Medium Mature Size: Height: 0.7 - 1.3m Spread: 0.6 - 1.0m Growth Rate: Fast Origin: S.E. Asia / Japan / China (Burma/ Myanmar) Hardiness Rating: Zone 9: (-7 to -1 C) Exposure: Filtered shade, Full sun only if soil kept moist, Part sun/part shade Soil/ Growing Medium: Well-drained Landscape Uses: Bedding plant, Container planting, Indoor plant Additional Info: Google. (Award of Garden Merit, RHS)

Leaf Morphology: Form: Simple Arrangement: Opposite Texture/ Venation: Pinnate venation, Soft flexible Surfaces: Glabrous Colour in Summer: Dark-green, Pink, Purple, Dark-red, Silver / Grayish Leaf(let) Terms: Shapes: Elliptic, Lanceolate, Ovate Apices: Acute Bases: Attenuate Margins: Serrate Additional Info: Leaves variegated, upto 20 cm long

Inflorescence Type: Spike Flower Morphology: Flowers perfect Number of Petals: 5 Corolla Shape: Funnelform Ovary Position: Superior Colour (petals): Showy, Violet, Blue, (pale blue) Flower Time at Peak: Feb, Mar, Sep, Oct Additional Info: May only occur on indoor plants

Fruit Type: Capsule Fruit Colour: Brown Fruiting Time: Nov, Dec Additional Info: Fruit insignificant, Locally, may only form on indoor plants; 4 seeded

Bark Morphology: Smooth Bark or Stem Colour: Green

Propagation:	Seed, Softwood cuttings
Pest Susceptibility:	Pest resistant, Disease resistant, Deer resistant, Mites, Root rot

Location(s): (GNH) GreeNHouse Location Map

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