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Justicia pilosella
Justicia pilosella, Gregg's tube tongue, is a small hairy perennial herb in the Acanthus family, reaching about 30 cm, native to the southwestern US and east-central Mexico. It does best in full sun or part shade in fast-draining, gravelly soil that is kept on the dry side.
Justicia pilosella (syns. Siphonoglossa pilosella and Monechma pilosella), the hairy tube-tongue, Gregg's tube tongue, or false honeysuckle, is a species of flowering plant in the family Acanthaceae. It is native to New Mexico, Texas, and east-central Mexico. A perennial herb reaching 1 ft (30 cm), it is typically found growing in clearings and forest edges in rocky or gravelly soils.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Justicia pilosella 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.
