Iochroma australe

Description

Iochroma australe is a shrub. Iochroma australe was described by August Heinrich Rudolf Grisebach in 1874. The name is considered as validly published. Iochroma australe is a species in the genus Iochroma which contains approximately 20 to 39 species and belongs to the family of the Solanaceae (Nightshade Family). The shrubs reach heights of 70 to 90 centimetres. Iochroma australe is evergreen. The simple leaves are alternate. They are ovate-lanceolate, entire and petiolate. Iochroma australe produces cymes of pendant, blue trumpet-shaped flowers from April to July.