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Asystasia intrusa
Chinese violet is a small, branching herb with ovate or ovate-lanceshaped leaves, found along jungle edges and wasteland. Leaves whitish with hint of purple. The flowers are bluish-purple, whitish on the edges, tubular in shape, wth 5-petalled. There are pink forms also. Flowers are borne in racemes at the at the end of branches. Common Asystasia has now become a garden plant, although in some countries it is considered a weed.
home garden
Spotted on Dec 3, 2012
Submitted on Dec 3, 2012
4 Comments
Thank you!
very pretty...
i didn't knew that shekainah thanks for the info.
Nice color Nuwan, This plant is one of the hostplants of Leafwing and Eggfly butterflies and a favorite foodplant of Common Wanderer.