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Sweet shaggytuft

Stenandrium dulce

Also called Pinklet

Sweet shaggytuft
Photo: Dick Culbert from Gibsons, B.C., Canada, CC BY 2.0
Family
Acanthaceae (Acanthus family)
Grows as
Perennial
Native range
Mexico to Guatemala, W. & S. South America to WC. Brazil
Climate
seasonally dry tropical

About

Stenandrium dulce, commonly known as sweet shaggytuft, is a perennial plant in the family Acanthaceae. It is native to both North and South America; found as far north as Texas, Florida, and Georgia in the United States, and as far south as central Chile.

Other Stenandrium plants

Stenandrium acuminatum · Stenandrium harlingii · Stenandrium hirsutum · Stenandrium pohlii · Shaggytuft

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Stenandrium dulce 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.

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