Schlegelia parasitica (Schlegelia)

Schlegelia parasitica, Schlegelia

Botanical name: Schlegelia parasitica

Common name: Schlegelia

Family: Scrophulariaceae

Origin: Cuba, Jamaica

Vine or creeper plantFull sunRegular waterPink flowers

According to other sources, belongs to Family Schlegeliaceae or Family Bignoniaceae. The delimitation of Bignoniaceae and Scrophulariaceae has long been a taxonomic problem. Schlegelia also has a scrophulariaceous seed morphology. Considered anomalous in the Bignoniaceae, the Schlegelieae similarly are distinct in the Scrophulariaceae.





Link to this plant:
https://toptropicals.com/catalog/uid/schlegelia_parasitica.htm