Dianthera angusta
| Dianthera angusta | |
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| At Sweetbay Natural Area in Palm Beach County, Florida | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Embryophytes |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Lamiales |
| Family: | Acanthaceae |
| Genus: | Dianthera |
| Species: | D. angusta |
| Binomial name | |
| Dianthera angusta | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Dianthera angusta, the pineland waterwillow, is a flowering plant. It grows in parts of Florida and a few areas of Georgia in habitats near lakes and ponds as well as wet pineland and prairie areas. It is in the Acanthaceae family.[2]
It has been placed in both the genus Justicia,[3] and the genus Dianthera.[4] In Georgia, this dicot perennial herb has been located growing in roadside ditches and with Hartwrightia in shallow sloughs and wet savannas.[5]
References
[edit]- 1 2 "Dianthera angusta (Chapm.) Small". Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved 11 November 2025.
- ↑ "Pineland waterwillow". flawildflowers.org. June 5, 2020.
- ↑ "Justicia angusta / [Species detail] / Plant Atlas". florida.plantatlas.usf.edu.
- ↑ "Dianthera angusta (Chapm.) Small". World Flora Online. Retrieved 11 November 2025.
- ↑ "Justicia angusta". georgiabiodiversity.org.
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