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Justicia alpina is a little-documented Peruvian shrub in the Acanthus family, native to the Andes. It is rarely grown, so care follows general knowledge of Justicia, a genus of tolerant tropical and subtropical plants.
Justicia alpina is a species of plant in the family Acanthaceae. It is endemic to Peru.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Justicia alpina 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.
