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Acanthus arboreus

Acanthus arboreus
Photo: Henry Hamilton Johnston, Public domain
Family
Acanthaceae (Acanthus family)
Grows as
Shrub
Light
Full sun, Part shade
Native range
SW. Arabian Pen.
Climate
seasonally dry tropical

About

Acanthus arboreus is a species of flowering plant in the genus of Acanthus. It is native to wetland of Ethiopia and exists as a shrub.

Other Acanthus plants

Acanthus austromontanus · Acanthus carduaceus · Mountain Thistle · Acanthus dioscoridis · Acanthus · Acanthus eminens · Acanthus flexicaulis · Acanthus gaed · Acanthus guineensis · Syrian Acanthus · Hungarian Bear’s Breeches · Holy Mangrove

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Acanthus arboreus by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.

Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.

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