Acanthaceae
Sweet shaggytuft
Stenandrium dulce
- Family
- Acanthaceae
- Genus
- Stenandrium
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Common names
By language (1)
- English
- Sweet shaggytuft
Synonyms
- Gerardia dulcis (Cav.) S.F.Blake
- Nierembergia prunellifolia Dunal
- Ruellia dulcis Cav.
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: native
Photos
Photo: Andrés González, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Andrés González, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: Trap Hers, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF Photo: Trap Hers, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Andrés González, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: Trap Hers, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Andrés González, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Dick Culbert from Gibsons, B.C., Canada, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Dick Culbert from Gibsons, B.C., Canada, CC BY 2.0, 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.