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Justicia carnea
Also called Flamingo Flower, King's Crown, Plumeflower
In Singapore: Brazilian Plume, Plume Flower, Plume Plant, Flamingo Plant, Paradise Plant, King's Crown (Grown in Singapore)
Justicia carnea is a shrub-like perennial from the Atlantic Forest of Brazil, Argentina and Paraguay, grown for its showy pink-purple plume-like flower spikes. It thrives in warm, humid conditions with bright light and regular moisture.
Justicia carnea, the Brazilian plume flower, Brazilian-plume, flamingo flower, or jacobinia, is a flowering plant in the family Acanthaceae.
The perennial plant is native to the Atlantic Forest ecoregions of eastern Brazil, Misiones Province of northeastern Argentina, and Paraguay.
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[Contains information from Leaf Area Index (LAI) and Heritage Trees from data.gov.sg (National Parks Board), made available under the terms of the Singapore Open Data Licence version 1.0]
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Justicia carnea 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.
