Acanthaceae
Rosa jacobina
Justicia carnea
- Family
- Acanthaceae
- Genus
- Justicia
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Common names
By language (9)
- Arabic
- شخض لحمي
- arz
- شخض لحمى
- Cantonese
- 珊瑚花
- Chinese
- 珊瑚花, 巴西羽花, 水杨柳
- Dutch
- Jacobinia
- English
- Rosa jacobina, Brazilian-plume
- Finnish
- Isojaakonkukka
- Persian
- مشعلی
- Swedish
- Praktjakobinia
Synonyms
- Amphiscopia ciliata (Nees) Nees
- Amphiscopia pohliana Nees
- Amphiscopia pohliana var. angustifolia Nees
- Cyrtanthera carnea (Lindl.) Bremek.
- Cyrtanthera longiflora (Vis.) Nees
- Cyrtanthera magnifica Nees
- Cyrtanthera magnifica var. minor Nees
- Cyrtanthera pohliana Nees
- Cyrtanthera pohliana var. obtusior Nees
- Cyrtanthera pohliana var. velutina Nees
- Dianthera pohliana (Nees) G.Nicholson
- Dianthera pohliana f. angustifolia Voss
- Ecbolium pohlianun (Nees) Kuntze
- Ecbolium sellinii Kuntze
- Ethesia carnea Raf.
- Jacobinia carnea (Lindl.) G.Nicholson
- Jacobinia magnifica (Nees) Lindau
- Jacobinia magnifica var. carnea (Lindl.) L.H.Bailey
- Jacobinia obtusior L.H.Bailey
- Jacobinia pohliana (Nees) Voss
- Jacobinia pohliana (Nees) Benth. & Hook.f. ex B.D.Jacks.
- Jacobinia pohliana f. velutina (Nees) Voss
- Jacobinia pohliana var. velutina Nees
- Jacobinia splendens Voss
- Justicia longiflora Vis.
- Justicia magnifica Pohl ex Nees
- Justicia velutina Brongn. ex Lem.
- Orthotactus ciliatus Nees
- Orthotactus pohlianus Nees
- Orthotactus pohlianus var. angustifolius Nees
- Porphyrocoma longifolia Voss
- Porphyrocoma pohliana (Nees) Lindau
Flowers
- In flower
- September to May (from 115 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Sebastian Doak, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Denis Zabin, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: filipeprates, CC0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Lorella, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: PierreSelim, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Fernando Tessaroli Brandl, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: TANAKA Juuyoh, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Oscar Marín, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: gailhampshire from Cradley, Malvern, U.K, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: E Santos Ortega, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: desertnaturalist, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Alfredo F. Fuentes Claros, CC0, 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.