Acanthaceae
Lollipop-plant
Pachystachys lutea
- Family
- Acanthaceae
- Genus
- Pachystachys
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Common names
By language (16)
- Afrikaans
- Gouekers
- ban
- Sekar Lilin
- Bulgarian
- Жълт пахистахис
- Chinese
- 金苞花, 黃蝦花
- Czech
- Tlustoklasec žlutý
- English
- Lollipop-plant
- Finnish
- Keltakultakäpy
- Indonesian
- Lilin emas, Bunga lolipop
- Japanese
- パキスタキス
- Javanese
- Kembang lilin
- Persian
- پاچیستاچیس
- Russian
- Пахистахис жёлтый
- Sundanese
- Kembang lilin, Kembang lolipop, Udang emas
- Thai
- เหลืองคีรีบูน
- Tongan
- ʻAkauʻuoiiki enga
- Vietnamese
- Long thủ vàng
Synonyms
- Justicia lutea Ruiz & Pav. ex Schult.
- Justicia lutea (Nees) Ruiz & Pav. ex B.D.Jacks.
- Pachystachys albiflora Rizzini
Flowers
- In flower
- all year (from 209 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Eduardo Gomyde, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Giovanny Vargas, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Luis G Restrepo, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Louis Imbeau, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Rhododendrites, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Sue Carnahan, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Gogerr, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Eduardo A. Bolaños Vargas, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Betsy Lambert, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Nico, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Aitor, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Rafael Silva, CC BY-SA 4.0, 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.