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Orange Flame Justicia

Justicia aurea

Also called Yellow Jacobinia

Orange Flame Justicia
Photo: Forest & Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0
Family
Acanthaceae (Acanthus family)
Grows as
Shrub
Native range
Mexico to C. America
Climate
wet tropical

About

Justicia aurea is a species of flowering plant in the family Acanthaceae. It is a shrub native to Mexico and Central America, ranging from northeastern Mexico to Panama.

Other Justicia plants

Justicia triloba · Malabar Nut · Justicia alexandri · Justicia alpina · Justicia austroguangxiensis · Shrimpplant · Justicia breedlovei · Justicia bridsoniana · Justicia burchellii · Beloperone · Justicia camerunensis · Brazilian-plume

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Justicia aurea by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.

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.

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