662 — Number of the plant

at the book: The Mother. The Spiritual Significance of Flowers.- 1-st Ed. / Sri Aurobindo Ashram Trust, Pondicherry (India).- Singapore: Ho Printing, 2000.- ISBN 81-7058-609-7

Classification

► Division Magnoliophyta - Flowering plants

► Class Magnoliopsida - Dicotyledons

► Subclass Asteridae

► Order Scrophulariales

► Family Acanthaceae - Acanthus family

► Subfamily Acanthoideae

► Tribe Polemonieae

► Genus Justicia L. - Water-willow

Synonyms

(=) Beloperone guttata Brandegee

Justicia brandegeana

Common names

False hop (English)

Mexican shrimp-plant (English)

Red shrimp plant (English)

Shrimpbush (English)

Shrimp-plant (English)

Carmantine (French)

 

Белопероне капающее (Russian)

Description

Small white flattened tubular two-lipped flowers spotted with purple on the lower lip emerging from broad showy russet bracts; in drooping terminal spikes. An evergreen subshrub with weak stems. Another form - brandegeana "Yellow Queen", has a yellow green bract.

662 — Number of the plant

at the book: The Mother. The Spiritual Significance of Flowers.- 1-st Ed. / Sri Aurobindo Ashram Trust, Pondicherry (India).- Singapore: Ho Printing, 2000.- ISBN 81-7058-609-7

Classification

► Division Magnoliophyta - Flowering plants

► Class Magnoliopsida - Dicotyledons

► Subclass Asteridae

► Order Scrophulariales

► Family Acanthaceae - Acanthus family

► Subfamily Acanthoideae

► Tribe Polemonieae

► Genus Justicia L. - Water-willow

Synonyms

(=) Beloperone guttata Brandegee

Justicia brandegeana

Common names

False hop (English)

Mexican shrimp-plant (English)

Red shrimp plant (English)

Shrimpbush (English)

Shrimp-plant (English)

Carmantine (French)

 

Белопероне капающее (Russian)

Description

Small white flattened tubular two-lipped flowers spotted with purple on the lower lip emerging from broad showy russet bracts; in drooping terminal spikes. An evergreen subshrub with weak stems. Another form - brandegeana "Yellow Queen", has a yellow green bract.