Justicia
Family: Acanthaceae
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Vascular plants of NE US and adjacent Canada
Cal nearly regular, cleft to near the base into linear or lanceolate lobes; cor 2-lipped, the upper lip concave, entire or emarginate, the lower spreading or deflexed, 3-lobed; stamens 2; pollen-sacs separate, one terminal, transverse or oblique, the other lateral; fr clavate or cylindric, the fertile part elevated on a long stipe-like base; seeds normally 2 per locule, orbicular; ours perennial herbs with narrow, sessile or subsessile, entire lvs and long-peduncled axillary spikes, the fls small, white to violet, each subtended by 3 minute triangular bracts at the base of the cal. 300, warm regions.

Gleason, Henry A. & Cronquist, Arthur J. 1991. Manual of vascular plants of northeastern United States and adjacent Canada. lxxv + 910 pp.

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Species within checklist: Phoenix Cultivated Plants
Justicia brandegeana
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Justicia californica
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Justicia candicans
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Justicia fulvicoma
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Justicia sonorae
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Justicia spicigera
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