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Strobilanthes formosana
Strobilanthes formosana is a species of flowering plant in the family Acanthaceae, native to Taiwan. A perennial herb reaching 80 cm (31 in), it is found in forest ravines, at elevations from 700 to 2,300 m (2,300 to 7,500 ft). Paiwan people extracted a blue dye from its roots.
== References ==
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 708887.