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Lepidagathis alopecuroidea
Lepidagathis alopecuroidea, known as pata de gallina, is a tropical subshrub in the Acanthus family found from southern Mexico to northern Paraguay and across West and East tropical Africa. It is grown in warm, humid, frost-free conditions and needs bright light and steady moisture.
Lepidagathis alopecuroidea, synonym Teliostachya alopecuroidea, the pata de gallina, is a plant with a wide distribution in the Americas (from southern Mexico to northern Paraguay) and Africa (from west tropical Africa to east Tanzania and Angola).
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Lepidagathis alopecuroidea 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.
