Dicliptera brachiata (Pursh) Sprengel. Common name: Dicliptera, Branched Foldwing. Phenology: Aug-Oct. Habitat: Bottomland forests. Distribution: Se. VA south to c. peninsular FL, west to c. TX, and north in the interior to c. TN, s. IN, s. IL, MO, and se. KS.
Origin/Endemic status: Native
Synonymy ⓘ: = Ar, C, F, Fl6, GrPl, GW2, Il, K4, Mo2, NcTx, NS, Ok, POWO, RAB, Tn, Tx, Va, WH3, Wasshausen (1998); = Diapedium brachiatum (Pursh) Kuntze — S; > Dicliptera brachiata (Pursh) Spreng. var. brachiata — Long (1970); Justicia brachiata Rich. — (basionym)
Wetland Indicator Status:
- Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain: FACW
- Eastern Mountains and Piedmont: FACW
- Great Plains: FACW
- Midwest: FACW
Heliophily ⓘ: 3
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Horticultural Information
Intro: Erect to leaning perennial found in bottomland forests and shaded deposition bars along rivers and streams.
Stems: Stems 6-angled, opposite-branched, hairy above often with lines of hair on ridges/angles.
Leaves: Leaves opposite, long-petiolate, lance-oval, to 3/4-5 in. long, thin, with tiny hairs along the margin.
Inforescence:
Flowers: Flowers in small clusters from upper leaf axils, each subtended by a pair of leafy bracts; pink or purple; nearly 1/2 in. long; bilaterally symmetric; consisting of a narrow corolla tube opening to 2 more or less recurved lobes (darker pink spots on upper lobe) and surrounded by 5 shorter, narrowly lance-shaped sepals; 2 stamens and a single long style are visible.
Fruits: Fruit a slightly flattened, round capsule.
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Height: 1-3 ft.
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description: Erect to leaning perennial found in bottomland forests and shaded deposition bars along rivers and streams.
stems: Stems 6-angled, opposite-branched, hairy above often with lines of hair on ridges/angles.
leaves: Leaves opposite, long-petiolate, lance-oval, to 3/4-5 in. long, thin, with tiny hairs along the margin.
inflorescence:
flowers: Flowers in small clusters from upper leaf axils, each subtended by a pair of leafy bracts; pink or purple; nearly 1/2 in. long; bilaterally symmetric; consisting of a narrow corolla tube opening to 2 more or less recurved lobes (darker pink spots on upper lobe) and surrounded by 5 shorter, narrowly lance-shaped sepals; 2 stamens and a single long style are visible.
fruits: Fruit a slightly flattened, round capsule.
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