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Justicia floribunda is a species of flowering plant in the acanthus family Acanthaceae, native to Brazil.

Justicia floribunda
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Asterids
Order:	Lamiales
Family:	Acanthaceae
Genus:	Justicia
Species:	J. floribunda
Binomial name
Justicia floribunda (K.Koch) Wassh.
Synonyms
Libonia floribunda K.Koch Jacobinia pauciflora (Nees) Lindau Justicia rizzinii Wassh.

It is a dwarf, rounded evergreen shrub growing to 30–60 cm (12–24 in) tall and wide, with downy stems and leaves, and spikes of nodding, tubular flowers of yellow shading to scarlet at the base. Each pair of leaves has one leaf smaller than the other. It requires a frost-free environment, so is often grown under glass in temperate regions.[1] Despite its common name Brazilian fuchsia, it is not closely related to the true fuchsias.

This plant has gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit.[2][3]

References

• Pink, A. (2004). Gardening for the Million. Project Gutenberg Literary Archive Foundation.

External links

• Justicia rizzinii (in Portuguese)

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  Palheiro Gardens, Madeira

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