Rhaphiodon echinus (Nees & Mart.) Schauer

Kingdom: Plantae (2509)

  Phylum: Magnoliophyta (2408)

    Class: Magnoliopsida (2040)

      Order: Lamiales (160)

        Family: Lamiaceae (89) (family description)

          Genus: Rhaphiodon (1)

           Epithet: echinus (Nees & Mart.) Schauer (1)

echinus => set with prickles or spines (echinus, a hedgehog, or a prickle)

Climate: tropical

Habit: herb

Flower colour: blue, purple

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