Justicia carnea
Common name
Brazilian plume flower, plume flower
Family
Acanthaceae
Flora category
Vascular – Exotic
Structural class
Trees & Shrubs - Dicotyledons
Conservation status
Not applicable
Flower colours
Red/Pink, White
Life cycle
Long-lived perennial shrub reproduces mainly by vegetative spread although seed is sometimes produced. Dispersal is mainly by deliberate planting and subsequent vegetative spread; also through careless disposal of garden waste and by seed
Year naturalised
1989
Reason for introduction
Horticultural.
Etymology
justicia: Named in honour of James Justice (1698-1763), a Scottish horticulturalist.
carnea: From the Latin carnus ‘flesh’, meaning flesh-coloured