Acanthaceae

Strobilanthes sp.

Vietnam, Thua Thien – Hue Prov., Nam Dong Distr., Huong Son Municipality, around point 16°10'22''N, 107°36'24''E. Fractionally logged primary closed broad-leaved evergreen lowland forest along La Ma River on very steep hill slopes composed with clayey shale and sandstone at elevation about 300 m a.s.l. Terrestrial and lithophytic herb or undershrub up to 2 m tall on rocky shady stream slope. Flowers white. Very common.

HAL7004 28 March 2005. Photo.

Collectors: L.Averyanov, N.T.Hiep, P.K.Loc, P.V.The, A.Averyanova, N.T.Vinh.