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Justicia galapagana
Justicia galapagana is a shrub or small plant from the Acanthus family, endemic to the Galápagos Islands of Ecuador. It is a rare native of a seasonally dry tropical climate and is rarely grown outside its native range, so care guidance is limited.
Justicia galapagana is a species of plant in the family Acanthaceae. It is endemic to the Galápagos Islands of Ecuador. Its flowers are a host to several insects, including the Dorantes longtail (Cecropterus dorantes), the little fire ant (Wasmannia auropunctata), and carpenter bees (Xylocopa spp).
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Justicia galapagana 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.
