Acanthaceae
Runyon's water-willow
Justicia pacifica
- Family
- Acanthaceae
- Genus
- Justicia
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Common names
By language (2)
- Chinese
- 太平洋爵床
- English
- Runyon's water-willow
Synonyms
- Adhatoda furcata (Nees) Nees
- Adhatoda furcata var. terminalis Nees
- Adhatoda pacifica Oerst.
- Diplanthera formosa Schrank
- Diplanthera furcata (Nees) Steud.
- Ecbolium furcatum (Nees) Kuntze
- Ecbolium pacificum (Oerst.) Kuntze
- Gendarussa furcata Nees
- Justicia biflora Nees
- Justicia caudata A.Gray
- Justicia foliosa Jacq. ex Steud.
- Justicia furcata Jacq.
- Justicia furcata var. terminalis (Nees) Greenm.
- Justicia peruviana Cav.
- Justicia pubescens Schult.
- Justicia runyonii Small
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Subshrub
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: native
Photos
Photo: TDogg310, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Tereso Hernández Morales, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: johnyochum, CC BY 4.0, 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.