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Ornamental - Popular ornamental plant for bedding and containers due to its vibrant flower color and long blooming period.
Brazil
Thrives in the seasonally dry tropical biome. Widely cultivated as an ornamental plant in gardens and landscapes.
It is woody herbaceous perennial commonly cultivated as an annual. Erect growth habit reaching a height of 90 cm.
Stem is herbaceous, erect with a square cross-section. Typically green and covered with fine hairs.
Leaves are ovate to triangular-ovate shape with toothed margins. Oppositely arranged on the stem with leaf stalks 3-4.5 cm long. Leaf blade measures 2.5-7 cm in length and 2-4.5 cm in width.
Flowers are showy, scarlet red with a tubular shape. Arranged in 2-6 flowered clusters (racemes) up to 20 cm long. Bracts are red and prominent.
Fruit is small, dry, nut-like seeds enclosed within the calyx.
Flowering: March-October.