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Showy small shrub with red and white flower spikes. The small flowers appear on an 8 inch spike, with yellowish bracts that persist and are quite decorative. Shrimp Plant is evergreen in mild climates, and blooms almost continuously. The leaves are oval, light green. The young stems and the undersides of the leaves are soft and downy. A weak, sprawling plant, it needs regular pruning.

It can also be grown in colder areas in wide pots, as long as it is brought indoors during winter.

Similar plants:

• Justicia brandegeana, Beloperone guttata (Mexican Shrimp Plant, Shrimp Plant)
• Justicia californica, Beloperone californica (Chuparosa)
• Dicliptera suberecta, Justicia suberecta (Hummingbird Plant, Uruguayan Firecracker Plant)
• 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 Red (Red Shrimp Plant)
• Justicia brasiliana, Dianthera nodosa (Pink Justicia)