TROPICAL PLANT CATALOG
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Dicliptera suberecta, Justicia suberecta
Hummingbird Plant, Uruguayan Firecracker PlantFamily: Acanthaceae
Origin: South America
Dicliptera suberecta is a tender perennial that features ovate, velvety, gray-hairy leaves and two-lipped, tubular reddish-orange flowers. Easily started from cuttings.
Similar plants:
- Graptophyllum pictum, Justicia picta, Graptophyllum hortense (Caricature Plant)
- Justicia adhatoda, Adhatoda vasica (Malabar nut, Adhatoda, Vasa)
- Justicia aurea, Jacobina aurea, Jacobinia aurea (Yellow Jacobinia, Golden Plume)
- Justicia betonica, Justicia pallidior (White Shrimp plant, Squirrel Tail, Paper Plume)
- Justicia brandegeana Fruit Cocktail (Fruit Cocktail Shrimp Plant)
- Justicia brandegeana lutea, Beloperone lutea cv. Yellow Queen (Yellow Shrimp plant)
- Justicia brandegeana Red (Red Shrimp Plant)
- Justicia brandegeana, Beloperone guttata (Mexican Shrimp Plant, Shrimp Plant)
- Justicia brasiliana, Dianthera nodosa (Pink Justicia)
- Justicia californica, Beloperone californica (Chuparosa)
Link to this plant:
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