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American water-willow is a native North American aquatic perennial that grows along shorelines and in shallow stream riffles. It needs flowing or wet conditions and is rarely grown in ordinary gardens.
Dianthera americana, commonly known as the American water-willow, is an herbaceous, aquatic flowering plant in the family Acanthaceae. This perennial species is native to North America, and can typically be found in abundance throughout the eastern half of the continent along shorelines, in lakes or ponds, or in the shallow riffles of streams and rivers. The species has biological interest because of its unusual vegetative reproduction and historical association with mosquito breeding.
D. americana is native to eastern North America. It ranges from Quebec and Ontario, down to Georgia and Texas, and west to Nebraska and northern Mexico (Coahuila and Chihuahua). It is widely found in the eastern US and is common in Tennessee Valley reservoirs.
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Dianthera americana by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.
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.
