NameThatPlant.net: Justicia ovata

Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Lamiids: Lamiales

WEAKLEY'S FLORA (2/8/20):
Justicia ovata FAMILY Acanthaceae

Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.

This is a less familiar species than is its "cousin" (J. americana), in part because it often grows in mosquito-infested places. Read more at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Justicia ovata var. ovata FAMILY Acanthaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 171-05-002:
Justicia ovata FAMILY Acanthaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933)
Justicia ovata

COMMON NAME:
Coastal Plain Water-willow, Looseflower Water-willow

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image of Justicia ovata, Coastal Plain Water-willow, Looseflower Water-willow

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_diov2_001_lvd

WEAKLEY'S FLORA (2/8/20):
Justicia ovata FAMILY Acanthaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Justicia ovata var. ovata FAMILY Acanthaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 171-05-002:
Justicia ovata FAMILY Acanthaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933)
Justicia ovata

1987

Forb
Perennial

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Documented growing wild in GA NC SC

Common in Coastal Plain (rare in Piedmont)

Look for it in swamps, marshes, per Weakley's Flora

map
Click here to see a more detailed map from University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Herbarium,

or click here to see a map from SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.

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LEAVES:
Simple
Opposite

FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
Pale violet/ White
Bisexual
5-lobed calyx
2-lipped corolla, upper lip notched, lower three-lobed
2 stamens
Superior ovary

FRUIT:
Spring/Summer
Brown
Capsule

TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!