Justicia_longii

<i>Justicia longii</i>

Justicia longii

Species of shrub

Justicia longii, the longflower tube tongue,[1] is an herbaceous perennial subshrub in the family Acanthaceae found in the Arizona Upland of the Sonoran Desert.[2]: 34  Each of its white flowers blooms in the evening and lasts only a single night.[2]: 34  The next morning the corollas fall, littering the ground with a white carpet.[2]: 34  It has a long bloom season from April to October.[2]: 34 

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This species is also present in the Sierra de La Libertad of the central desert in Baja California and in Sonora, Mexico.[3]

References

  1. [1]
    USDA, NRCS (n.d.). "Justicia longii". The PLANTS Database (plants.usda.gov). Greensboro, North Carolina: National Plant Data Team. Retrieved 28 May 2015.
  2. [2]
    Sonoran Desert Wildflowers, Richard Spellenberg, 2nd ed., 2012, ISBN 9780762773688
  3. [3]
    Rebman, Jon P.; Gibson, Judy; Rich, Karen (15 November 2016). "Annotated Checklist of the Vascular Plants of Baja California, Mexico" (PDF). Proceedings of the San Diego Society of Natural History. 45. San Diego Natural History Museum: 27.
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