Acanthaceae

Barleria strigosa Willd.

Barleria strigosa Willd.

Barleria strigosa is an Acanthaceae species native to Himalayan foothills, introduced to northern Australia, and used medicinally in Thailand.

Barleria mysorensis B.Heyne

Barleria mysorensis B.Heyne

Barleria mysorensis B.Heyne is an Ayurvedic Acanthaceae plant native to southern India and Sri Lanka.

Violet Coromandel

Asystasia dalzelliana Santapau

Asystasia dalzelliana Santapau is a spreading herb used as a vegetable in East Africa and for traditional medicine in Nigeria.

Asystasia mysorensis (Roth) Anderson

Asystasia mysorensis (Roth) Anderson

Asystasia mysorensis is an edible African Acanthaceae plant used as a leafy vegetable by the Kikuyu community.

Yellow-Vein Eranthemum

Pseuderanthemum maculatum (G.Lodd.) I.M.Turner

Pseuderanthemum maculatum is a variegated-leaved plant that bears small white flowers with purple-pink spots at petal bases.

Shooting star

Pseuderanthemum laxiflorum (A.Gray) F.T.Hubb. ex L.H.Bailey

Pseuderanthemum laxiflorum is an endemic Fiji shrub or tree species in the plant family Acanthaceae.

Odontonema callistachyum (Cham. & Schltdl.) Kuntze

Odontonema callistachyum (Cham. & Schltdl.) Kuntze

Purple firespike (Odontonema callistachyum) is a shade-tolerant perennial ornamental shrub in the Acanthaceae family native to Mexico and northern Central America.

Caricature-plant

Graptophyllum pictum (L.) Griff.

Graptophyllum pictum (L.) Griff. is a plant with specific leaf traits that resembles Pseuderanthemum carruthersii in appearance.

pricklybush

Oplonia spinosa (Jacq.) Raf.

Oplonia spinosa (pricklybush) is a spiny Caribbean-endemic shrub in the Acanthaceae family, growing up to 3 meters tall.

River bells

Mackaya bella Harv.

Mackaya bella Harv. is an evergreen flowering shrub with purple-veined lilac flowers, often cultivated ornamentally.

East-Himalayan Bell-Bush

Mackaya neesiana (Wall.) Das

Mackaya neesiana is an Acanthaceae plant species with known synonyms including Ruellia neesiana.

Bushbuck-Food

Isoglossa woodii C.B.Clarke

Isoglossa woodii C.B.Clarke is a plant with woody lower stems, velvety soft leaves, and a 7-10 year life cycle ending in mass flowering and death.

Small-flower Wrightwort

Carlowrightia parviflora (Buckley) Wassh.

Carlowrightia torreyana Wassh.

Carlowrightia torreyana Wassh.

Carlowrightia torreyana, or Torrey's wrightwort, is a perennial plant found in southwestern US and northern Mexico.

Cardinal's guard

Pachystachys coccinea (Aubl.) Nees

Pachystachys coccinea (Cardinals guard) is a perennial evergreen shrub with red flowers, native to northern South America.

Flame acanthus

Anisacanthus quadrifidus (Vahl) Standl.

Anisacanthus quadrifidus is a drought-tolerant flowering shrub native to the south-central US and Mexico, grown as an ornamental.

Nerve Plant

Fittonia albivenis (Lindl. ex Veitch) Brummitt

Fittonia albivenis is a creeping evergreen ornamental perennial with veined leaves, also used traditionally for medicinal and hallucinogenic purposes.

Sabah Snake Grass

Clinacanthus nutans (Burm.fil.) Lindau

Clinacanthus nutans is a herbaceous shrub used in traditional medicine across several Southeast and East Asian countries.

Acanthaceae

Acanthaceae

Acanthaceae is a plant family with distinct structural traits, common garden species, and documented medicinal potential.

Blue Justicia

Justicia petiolaris (Nees) T.Anderson

Justicia petiolaris is a perennial rhizomatous geophyte in the Acanthaceae family, native to southern Africa.

Dianthera angusta (Chapm.) Small

Dianthera angusta (Chapm.) Small

Dianthera angusta, the pineland waterwillow, is a perennial herb from the Acanthaceae family found in Florida and Georgia.

freshcut

Dianthera pectoralis (Jacq.) J.F.Gmel.

Dianthera pectoralis is an Acanthaceae herb with folk medicinal and entheogenic uses across the Americas.

Dianthera incerta Brandegee

Dianthera incerta Brandegee

Dianthera incerta is a perennial herb endemic to non-desert parts of Baja California Sur's Cape region, growing in forests on slopes and canyons.

Longflower Tube Tongue

Justicia longii Hilsenb.

Justicia longii, or longflower tube tongue, is a night-blooming subshrub native to the Sonoran Desert region.