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Schwenckia juncoides is flowering plant in the nightshade family that is native to southern Brazil and Paraguay.
S. juncoides has a smooth, non-twining stem, which can reach 30–40 cm (12–16 in). Its leaves are linear to lanceolate, narrow and grass like to shaped like a spear head. The flowers are longer than 1.6 cm (0.63 in) with a straight tube.
In Brazil it grows in the central-west in the state of Mato Grosso do Sul and in the south in the state of Paraná. It is also found in Paraguay. It grows in veredas, a type of savanna swamp found in South America in the Pantanal.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Schwenckia juncoides 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.
