Justicia angusta

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Justicia angusta
Justicia angusta (Narrow-leaved Waterwillow) (6127534789).jpg
At Sweetbay Natural Area in Palm Beach County, Florida
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Lamiales
Family: Acanthaceae
Genus: Justicia
Species:
J. angusta
Binomial name
Justicia angusta
(Chapm.) Small [1]

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]

References

  1. "Justicia angusta (Chapm.) Small". Global Biodiversity Information Facility . Retrieved 1 November 2025.
  2. "Pineland waterwillow". flawildflowers.org. June 5, 2020.
  3. "Justicia angusta / [Species detail] / Plant Atlas". florida.plantatlas.usf.edu.
  4. "Justicia angusta". georgiabiodiversity.org.