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King’s
Mantle
Thunbergia
erecta
T. Anders.
thun-BERG-ee-ah ee-WRECKED-ah
Acanthaceae
Explanation of name:
Generic name commemorates Swedish botanist Carl Thunberg, 1743-1822, student of
Linnaeus. Erecta means erect.
Natural range:
Africa
Recognition:
Shrub having opposite ovate leaves. Flowers solitary, on pedicels from leaf
axils, to almost 3” long, bent, funnel-shaped. The lower portion of the floral
tube white, the upper portion blue to purple with a yellow eye.
‘Alba’ is a white-flowered
cultivar.
‘Blue Moon’ is a blue-flowered
cultivar.
Landscape uses:
Clumped or massed, specimen, foundation, flowering hedge. Protect from harsh
conditions. Escaped cultivation in southernmost Florida (WU2)
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Botanical |
English |
FL
native |
Growth
form
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Flowering season
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Typical
dimensions
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Suggested spacing |
Cultural
conditions
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Problems |
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Thunbergia erecta |
King’s
Mantle |
Exotic
Escaped
(WU2) |
Shrub |
AY
(BR1)
Mostly
SU
(UFFPS578) |
8’
(BA1) |
3’-5’
(UFFPS578) |
SU-PS
WI
WD
ME
AT
(BR1,
UFFPS578)
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Escaped
(WU2) |
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