Justicia longii

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

Justicia longii
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Lamiales
Family: Acanthaceae
Genus: Justicia
Species:
J. longii
Binomial name
Justicia longii
Hilsenb.

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. USDA, NRCS (n.d.). "Justicia longii". The PLANTS Database (plants.usda.gov). Greensboro, North Carolina: National Plant Data Team. Retrieved 28 May 2015.
  2. Sonoran Desert Wildflowers, Richard Spellenberg, 2nd ed., 2012, ISBN 9780762773688
  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. San Diego Natural History Museum. 45: 27.
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