at the book: The Mother. The Spiritual Significance of Flowers.- 1-st Ed. / Sri Aurobindo Ashram Trust, Pondicherry (India).- Singapore: Ho Printing, 2000.- ISBN 81-7058-609-7
Classification
► Division Magnoliophyta - Flowering plants
► Class Magnoliopsida - Dicotyledons
► Subclass Asteridae
► Order Scrophulariales
► Family Acanthaceae - Acanthus family
► Subfamily Acanthoideae
► Tribe Polemonieae
► Genus Justicia L. - Water-willow
Synonyms
(=) Beloperone guttata Brandegee
Justicia brandegeana
Common names
False hop (English)
Mexican shrimp-plant (English)
Red shrimp plant (English)
Shrimpbush (English)
Shrimp-plant (English)
Carmantine (French)
Белопероне капающее (Russian)
Description
Small white flattened tubular two-lipped flowers spotted with purple on the lower lip emerging from broad showy russet bracts; in drooping terminal spikes. An evergreen subshrub with weak stems. Another form - brandegeana "Yellow Queen", has a yellow green bract.
Justicia brandegeeana Wassh. & L. B. Sm. (Acanthaceae)
at the book: The Mother. The Spiritual Significance of Flowers.- 1-st Ed. / Sri Aurobindo Ashram Trust, Pondicherry (India).- Singapore: Ho Printing, 2000.- ISBN 81-7058-609-7
Classification
► Division Magnoliophyta - Flowering plants
► Class Magnoliopsida - Dicotyledons
► Subclass Asteridae
► Order Scrophulariales
► Family Acanthaceae - Acanthus family
► Subfamily Acanthoideae
► Tribe Polemonieae
► Genus Justicia L. - Water-willow
Synonyms
(=) Beloperone guttata Brandegee
Justicia brandegeana
Common names
False hop (English)
Mexican shrimp-plant (English)
Red shrimp plant (English)
Shrimpbush (English)
Shrimp-plant (English)
Carmantine (French)
Белопероне капающее (Russian)
Description
Small white flattened tubular two-lipped flowers spotted with purple on the lower lip emerging from broad showy russet bracts; in drooping terminal spikes. An evergreen subshrub with weak stems. Another form - brandegeana "Yellow Queen", has a yellow green bract.
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