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Mackaya bella
Mackaya bella flowers are bilaterally symmetric
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Lamiales
Family: Acanthaceae
Genus: Mackaya
Species:
M. bella
Binomial name
Mackaya bella
Synonyms [2]

Asystasia bella (Harv.) Vesque

Mackaya bella, called the forest bell bush, is a species of flowering plant in the acanthus family Acanthaceae, native to South Africa ( Cape Provinces, KwaZulu-Natal, and Northern Provinces) and Eswatini. [2]

Growing to 1.5 m (4.9 ft) tall and broad, it is an evergreen shrub with glossy green leaves, and trumpet-shaped pale lilac flowers veined in purple. The plant is not hardy below 10 °C (50 °F), so in temperate zones requires protection during the winter months. However, it may be placed outside in a sheltered spot in summer. It requires an alkaline or neutral soil. [3]

It has gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit. [3]

References

  1. ^ Thes. Cap. 1: 8 (1859)
  2. ^ a b "Mackaya bella Harv". Plants of the World Online. Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. 2017. Retrieved 27 September 2023.
  3. ^ a b "Mackaya bella forest bell bush". The Royal Horticultural Society. Retrieved 10 November 2020.
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Mackaya bella
Mackaya bella flowers are bilaterally symmetric
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Lamiales
Family: Acanthaceae
Genus: Mackaya
Species:
M. bella
Binomial name
Mackaya bella
Synonyms [2]

Asystasia bella (Harv.) Vesque

Mackaya bella, called the forest bell bush, is a species of flowering plant in the acanthus family Acanthaceae, native to South Africa ( Cape Provinces, KwaZulu-Natal, and Northern Provinces) and Eswatini. [2]

Growing to 1.5 m (4.9 ft) tall and broad, it is an evergreen shrub with glossy green leaves, and trumpet-shaped pale lilac flowers veined in purple. The plant is not hardy below 10 °C (50 °F), so in temperate zones requires protection during the winter months. However, it may be placed outside in a sheltered spot in summer. It requires an alkaline or neutral soil. [3]

It has gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit. [3]

References

  1. ^ Thes. Cap. 1: 8 (1859)
  2. ^ a b "Mackaya bella Harv". Plants of the World Online. Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. 2017. Retrieved 27 September 2023.
  3. ^ a b "Mackaya bella forest bell bush". The Royal Horticultural Society. Retrieved 10 November 2020.

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