Acanthaceae
Pricklybush
Oplonia spinosa
- Family
- Acanthaceae
- Genus
- Oplonia
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Oplonia spinosaAcanthaceae
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Common names
By language (2)
- Arabic
- شخض شوكي
- English
- Pricklybush
Synonyms
- Anthacanthus spinosus (Jacq.) Nees
- Eranthemum spinosum (Jacq.) R.Br. ex Roem. & Schult.
- Justicia spinosa Jacq.
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Shrub
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Puerto Rico: native, U.S. Virgin Islands: 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.