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| Justicia angusta | |
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| At Sweetbay Natural Area in Palm Beach County, Florida | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Lamiales |
| Family: | Acanthaceae |
| Genus: | Justicia |
| Species: | J. angusta |
| Binomial name | |
| Justicia angusta | |
Justicia angusta, the pineland waterwillow, is a flowering plant. It grows in parts of Florida and a few areas of Georgia in habitats near lakes and pond as well as wet pineland and prairie areas. It is in the Acanthaceae family. [2]
A dicot, it is in the genus Justicia. [3] In Georgia, this perennial herb has been located growing in roadside ditches and with Hartwrightia in shallow sloughs and wet savannas. [4]