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Blepharis maderaspatensis
Blepharis maderaspatensis, known as Surprise Packet, is a scrambling, suffrutescent perennial herb from seasonally dry to arid habitats across Africa, Arabia and tropical Asia. It is a hardy, drought-tolerant plant best grown in full sun with very little water.
Blepharis maderaspatensis is a species of suffrutescent herb in the family Acanthaceae found in seasonally dry to arid habitats from Africa over Arabia to Southeast Asia.
The species is native to continental Africa, Arabia and tropical parts of Asia: the Indian subcontinent, Southeast Asia and Hainan in China.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Blepharis maderaspatensis by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.
The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
