Saturday, June 11, 2016

Plant Family of the Day: Acanthaceae

Aaaah, Acanthaceae.  The spiny, thorny family.

The clock vines, the shrimp plants, the chuparosa...

The latter one is native to dry areas in SoCal, and it makes a wonderful hummingbird plant.  It doesn't seem to grow here in SF, but still good to know.

Justicia californica  - the chuparosa

At first glance, it reminds me greatly of a sage.  And this is no surprise - both Acanthaceae and Lamiaceae fall under the same order: Lamiales.  The order of tubular flowers.  

TO BE CONT.

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