Taxonomy

Division:

Magnoliophyta | - Flowering plants

Family:

Acanthaceae

Genus:

Hypoestes

Species:

Hypoestes forskaolii subsp. forskaolii

Growth Characteristics

Growth Habit:

Forb/herb , Subshrub

Native Range

East Tropical Africa, Macaronesia: Cape Verde, Northeast Tropical Africa: Chad, Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Somalia, Sudan-South Sudan, West Tropical Africa: Benin, Burkina, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Ivory Coast, Mali, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Togo, West-Central Tropical Africa: Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, DR Congo, Gabon, Rwanda