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Acanthus dioscoridis is a compact, clump-forming perennial with finely cut, thistle-like leaves and pink or red flower spikes, native to wetland edges from southern Turkey to western Iran. It grows well in full sun or partial shade in most soils and spreads slowly by rhizomes.
Acanthus dioscoridis is a species of flowering plant in the genus Acanthus, family Acanthaceae. A shrub, it is native to wetlands from southern Turkey to western Iran, including Iraq, Lebanon, Syria, Armenia, Georgia, and Azerbaijan.
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The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
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.
