NameThatPlant.net: Justicia crassifolia

Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Lamiids: Lamiales

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Justicia crassifolia FAMILY Acanthaceae Go to FSUS key

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SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Justicia crassifolia FAMILY Acanthaceae

COMMON NAME:
thickleaf water-willow

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Justicia crassifolia FAMILY Acanthaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Justicia crassifolia FAMILY Acanthaceae

2486

Forb
Perennial

Habitat: pine flatwoods, cypress ponds, per Weakley's Flora

Native to Georgia

Rare

CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.

LEAVES:
Simple
Opposite

FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
Violet (with purple markings)
5-lobed calyx
2-lipped corolla, upper lip notched? lower three-lobed
2 stamens
Superior ovary
Bisexual

FRUIT:
Spring/Summer
Brown
Capsule

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