Acanthaceae
Purple scalystem
Elytraria imbricata
- Family
- Acanthaceae
- Genus
- Elytraria
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Common names
By language (1)
- English
- Purple scalystem
Synonyms
- Cymburus squamosus (Jacq.) Raf.
- Dicliptera ramentacea Spreng. ex Nees
- Elytraria amara Blanco
- Elytraria apargifolia Nees
- Elytraria apargiifolia Nees
- Elytraria caulescens Ledeb.
- Elytraria fasciculata Kunth
- Elytraria frondosa Kunth
- Elytraria microstachya Oerst.
- Elytraria pachystachya Oerst.
- Elytraria ramosa Kunth
- Elytraria scorpioides Schult.
- Elytraria squamosa (Jacq.) Lindau
- Elytraria tridentata Vahl
- Elytraria tridentata var. caulescens Nees
- Elytraria tridentata var. wrightii M.Gómez
- Justicia imbricata Vahl
- Tubiflora pachystachya (Oerst.) Kuntze
- Tubiflora squamosa (Jacq.) Kuntze
- Verbena squamosa Jacq.
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: native
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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.