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Dicliptera chinensis
Also called Chinese Dicliptera, Magenta Plant
Dicliptera chinensis is a small annual or biennial herb in the Acanthus family, grown in the wild and occasionally in gardens, reaching 30 to 80 cm tall. It is a warm, subtropical plant that suits sunny, well-drained spots and is rarely grown as a houseplant.
Dicliptera chinensis, commonly known as Chinese foldwing, is a species of subshrub of the plant family Acanthaceae. It occurs in mainland China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Japan, and South and Southeast Asia.
It occurs in mainland China (Hainan, Guangdong, Guangxi, Guizhou, Yunnan, Sichuan, and Fujian), Hong Kong, Taiwan, Japan, and South and Southeast Asia, including Afghanistan, Assam, Bangladesh, Pakistan, India, Nepal, Myanmar, Thailand, Laos, Cambodia, and Vietnam. It grows mainly in subtropical regions, inhabiting thin forests.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Dicliptera chinensis 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.
