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Justicia alexandri is a rare shrub in the acanthus family, found only on the Yemeni island of Socotra in rocky, dry places. It is seldom grown, so care guidance is general and drawn from related Justicia species.
Justicia alexandri is a rare species of plants in the family Acanthaceae with a very limited area of occupancy. It is endemic to the island of Socotra in Yemen. Its natural habitat is rocky areas.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Justicia alexandri 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.
