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Acanthaceae
Dicliptera

not marked as a favorite taxon Dicliptera brachiata (Pursh) Sprengel. Common name: Dicliptera, Branched Foldwing. Phenology: Aug-Oct. Habitat: Bottomland forests. Distribution: Se. Virginia south to c. peninsular Florida, west to c. Texas, and north in the interior to c. Tennessee, s. Indiana, s. Illinois, Missouri, and se. Kansas.

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Origin/Endemic status: Native

Synonymy ⓘ: = Ar, C, F, Fl6, FNA18, GrPl, GW2, Il, K1, 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). Basionym: Justicia brachiata L.C.M. Richard 1792 "Urbasionym:" Justicia brachiata L.C.M. Richard 1792

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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

NCBG trait

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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