Odontonema cuspidatum (Nees) Kuntze APNI* Description: Shrub to 5 m tall, young stems 4-sided, sparsely pubescent, hairs more or less in 2 lines.
Leaves with petioles to 30 mm long, ovate-elliptic to elliptic to obovate-elliptic, 40–310 mm long, 15–30 mm wide; surfaces pubescent or glabrate.
Inflorescence of loose to dense, terminal, pedunculate, often basally branched racemes to 50 cm long; racemes (dichasia) opposite at nodes 1–3 or more flowered; peduncles 25 mm long, pubescent like the rachis or nearly glabrous. Bracteoles and secondary bracteoles triangular. Flowers pedicillate, corolla red 21–35 mm long with a more or less distinct throat, upper lip 2–5 mm long.
Capsule 16–27 mm long, glabrous.
Flowering: Spring to summer.
Distribution and occurrence: Native to the Mexico and West Indies; sparsely naturalised. Garden escape.
NSW subdivisions: *NC, *CC, *LHI
Other Australian states: *Qld
Text by Louisa Murray
Taxon concept: Daniel, T.F. (1995) Contr. Univ. Michigan Herb. 20:147-171.
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