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Bonnaya ciliata
Also called Fringed Lindernia
Hairy slitwort (Bonnaya ciliata) is a small annual herb from tropical and subtropical Asia and northern Australia, growing up to about 13 cm with purple or white flowers. It is a wild plant of seasonally wet and dry habitats and is rarely grown as a garden or houseplant.
Bonnaya ciliata, the fringed pimpernel, is a species of flowering plant in the family Linderniaceae. This annual, broad-leaved herb grows up to 13 cm high and is native to tropical and subtropical regions of Asia and northern Australia. Its native range includes the Himalayas, Western Ghats, Burma, parts of China, Taiwan, Malaysia, and Australia, thriving primarily in seasonally dry tropical biomes. The plant features oppositely arranged, lanceolate-oblong leaves with serrated margins and produces light purple or white flowers in racemes.
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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.
