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Acanthus hungaricus

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(Redirected from Acanthus balcanicus) Species of flowering plant

Acanthus hungaricus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Lamiales
Family: Acanthaceae
Genus: Acanthus
Species: A. hungaricus
Binomial name
Acanthus hungaricus
(Borbás) Baen. (1896)
Synonyms
  • Acanthus balcanicus Heywood & I.Richardson (1972)
  • Acanthus longifolius var. hungaricus Borbás (1893)
  • Acanthus longifolius Host (1831), nom. illeg.

Acanthus hungaricus, is a herbaceous perennial plant in the genus Acanthus, native to the Balkan peninsula, including Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Romania, European Turkey, and the former Yugoslavia. This plant is also cultivated in many European and American gardens.

It grows to 80 cm tall, with basal clusters of deeply lobed and cut leaves. Leaves are dark green and shiny. It flowers in mid summer from July to August. Flowers are on a very long flowering stem and consist of a lower lip and upper tooth-like lip.

  • Inflorescence bud Inflorescence bud
  • Opening inflorescence Opening inflorescence
  • Inflorescence Inflorescence
  • Flower close-up Flower close-up
  • Leaf Leaf

References

  1. ^ Acanthus hungaricus (Borbás) Baen. Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 27 January 2024.

External links

Taxon identifiers
Acanthus balcanicus
Acanthus longifolius var. hungaricus


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