Acanthaceae
Sixangle foldwing
Dicliptera sexangularis
- Family
- Acanthaceae
- Genus
- Dicliptera
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Common names
By language (1)
- English
- Sixangle foldwing
Synonyms
- Dactylostegium assurgens (L.) Bremek.
- Dactylostegium portoricense (Spreng. ex Schult.) Nees
- Dianthera angularis Salisb.
- Dianthera sexangularis (L.) Sessé & Moc.
- Diapedium assurgens (L.) Kuntze
- Diapedium sexangulare (L.) Kuntze
- Dicliptera assurgens (L.) Juss.
- Dicliptera assurgens var. conferta Nees
- Dicliptera assurgens var. vahliana (Nees) M.Gómez
- Dicliptera mollis Nees
- Dicliptera portoricensis Spreng.
- Dicliptera portoricensis Spreng. ex Schult.
- Dicliptera vahliana Nees
- Justicia annua Steud.
- Justicia assurgens L.
- Justicia eustachiana Vahl
- Justicia ladanoides DC. ex Nees
- Justicia leptospermifolia DC. ex Nees
- Justicia purpurea Poit. ex Nees
- Justicia scandens Michx. ex Nees
- Justicia sexangularis L.
- Justicia sexangularis Gueldenst. ex Nees
- Justicia sexangularis Nees
- Solenochasma assurgens (L.) Fenzl
- Tyloglossa sexangularis Hochst.
Flowers
- In flower
- December to April (from 236 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb, Subshrub
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: native, Puerto Rico: native, U.S. Virgin Islands: native
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Center for Urban Ecology, CC0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Diego Blanco, CC0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: mattmsa, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Cat, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: johnyochum, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: johnyochum, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Carlos Domínguez-Rodríguez, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Alexis López Hernández, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Josiah Londerée, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Brian Finzel, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Francisco Emilio Roldán Velasco, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: johnyochum, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.