Botanical names: Justicia brasiliana, Dianthera nodosa
Common name: Pink Justicia
Family: Acanthaceae
Origin: Mexico
USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map
Small herbaceous climbing shrub with lanceolate, dark green leaves. Its bilabiate flowers are pale red to crimson, with the lower lip divided into three segments. A great butterfly attractor.
Similar plants: Justicia brasiliana (Pink Justicia)
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- Graptophyllum pictum (Caricature Plant)
- Justicia adhatoda (Malabar nut)
- Justicia aurea (Yellow Jacobinia)
- Justicia betonica (White Shrimp plant)
- Justicia brandegeeana ''Fruit Cocktail'' (Fruit Cocktail Shrimp Plant)
- Justicia brandegeeana 'Red' (Red Shrimp Plant)
- Justicia brandegeeana ''Yellow Queen'' (Yellow Shrimp plant)
- Justicia brandegeeana (Mexican Shrimp Plant)
- Justicia californica (Chuparosa)
Link to this plant:
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