Acanthaceae

Beloperone

Justicia californica (Benth.) D.N.Gibson

Family: Acanthaceae
Genus: Justicia

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Beloperone (Justicia californica) — FlowerPhoto: Dan Vickers, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist

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Common names

By language (5)

Arabic: شخض كاليفورني
arz: شخض كاليفورنى
English: Beloperone
Persian: جاستیکا کالیفرنیا
Spanish: Chuparrosa, Jacobinia californica, Sericographis californica

Synonyms

Beloperone californica Benth.

Flowers

In flower: November to April (from 3,050 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)

Characteristics

Growth habit: Shrub
Lifespan: Perennial
In the US and Canada: Lower 48 states: native

Photos

FlowerPhoto: Dan Vickers, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
FlowerPhoto: John Brew, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
FlowerPhoto: velodrome, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
FlowerPhoto: David Rankin, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
FlowerPhoto: Juan Cruzado Cortés, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist
FlowerPhoto: Diana, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Wikimedia Commons contributor, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Wikimedia Commons contributor, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Wikimedia Commons contributor, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Daniel Mayer, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Joe Decruyenaere, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Dick Culbert from Gibsons, B.C., Canada, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons

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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.