Common name: White Angelonia
Botanical name: Angelonia angustifolia 'Alba' Family: Scrophulariaceae (Dog flower family)
White Angelonia is an erect perennial plant with smooth stems and narrow 2-3 in leaves with toothed margins and pointed tips. To some, the leaves
smell like apples. The flowers are white, almost an inch across and borne
in slender upright spikes to 8 in long, solitary or paired in leaf axils.
The flowers bloom over a long period in summer - 4-6 weeks in temperate
climates and even longer in zones 9-11. Angelonia is evergreen with soft
(not woody) stems and a bushy habit, and gets 12-18 in tall with a spread
of about 12 in. Angelonia is native to Mexico and the West Indies. Its
propogation is by cutting.
Identification credit: Prashant Awale
| Photographed at "Telbailla", Maharashtra. |
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