Wigandia caracasana Kunth

Shrub to 4 m tall. Leaves to 60 cm long, 45 cm wide, ovate with a cordate base, coarsely toothed and softly hairy below, dark green and wrinkled. Flowers to 2 cm long, violet with a white tube. [W. urens Kunth. var. caracasana (Kunth) D.N. Gibson]

Mexico to Colombia

VIC: Koroit (Koroit Botanic Gardens); Portland (Portland Botanic Gardens).

Source: Spencer, R. (2002). Hydrophyllaceae. In: Spencer, R.. Horticultural Flora of South-eastern Australia. Volume 4. Flowering plants. Dicotyledons. Part 3. The identification of garden and cultivated plants. University of New South Wales Press.

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Distribution map
kingdom Plantae
phylum   Tracheophyta
class    Magnoliopsida
superorder     Asteranae
order      [Boraginales]
family       Hydrophyllaceae
genus        Wigandia Kunth