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Crossandra
Genus of about 50 species of evergreen shrubs and subshrubs from forest margins of the Arabian Peninsula, tropical Africa, Madagascar, India, and Sri Lanka. Crossandra starts to flower when only a few months old and the flowering period lasts from spring to autumn. The orange blooms are borne on top of green flowering spikes. Remove dead blooms to prolong the flowering season. Mist frequently.
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