Acanthaceae
Mohintli
Justicia spicigera
- Family
- Acanthaceae
- Genus
- Justicia
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Common names
By language (5)
- Arabic
- شخض توابلي
- arz
- شخض توابلى
- Chinese
- 穗花爵床
- English
- Mohintli
- Spanish
- Waxilitli
Synonyms
- Aphelandra ghiesbreghtiana (Lem.) Lem.
- Cyrtanthera ghiesbreghtiana (Lem.) Decne.
- Drejera willdenowiana Nees
- Jacobinia atramentaria (Benth.) S.F.Blake
- Jacobinia ghiesbreghtiana (Lem.) Benth. & Hook.f.
- Jacobinia mohintli Hemsl.
- Jacobinia mohintli Benth. & Hook.f.
- Jacobinia neglecta A.Gray
- Jacobinia scarlatina S.F.Blake
- Jacobinia spicigera (Schltdl.) L.H.Bailey
- Justicia atramentaria Benth.
- Justicia ghiesbreghtiana Lem.
- Justicia ghiesbreghtii Lem.
- Justicia ghiesbregtiana Lem.
- Justicia liebmanii V.A.W.Graham
- Justicia mohintli Moc. & Sessé ex Nees
- Justicia scarlatina (S.F.Blake) V.A.W.Graham
- Sericographis ghiesbreghtiana (Lem.) Nees
- Sericographis ghiesbregtiana (Lem.) Nees
- Sericographis moctli Nees
- Sericographis mohintli Nees
- Sericographis neglecta Oerst.
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Hawaii: introduced, Lower 48 states: introduced
Photos
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Photo: Photo by David J. Stang, CC BY-SA 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.