Justicia brandegeeana (Shrimp plant)

Life > eukaryotes > Archaeoplastida > Chloroplastida > Charophyta > Streptophytina > Plantae (land plants) > Tracheophyta (vascular plants) > Euphyllophyta > Lignophyta (woody plants) > Spermatophyta (seed plants) > Angiospermae (flowering plants) > Eudicotyledons > Core Eudicots > Asterids > Euasterid I > Order: Lamiales > Family: Acanthaceae > Genus: Justicia

Native to Mexico. Cultivated in gardens in southern Africa.

Shrimp Bush Justicia brandegeeana. [photo: H. Robertson, Iziko ©]