Acanthaceae
Yellow bractspike
Yeatesia viridiflora
- Family
- Acanthaceae
- Genus
- Yeatesia
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Common names
By language (1)
- English
- Yellow bractspike
Synonyms
- Dianthera laetevirens (A.Gray) Baill.
- Dianthera viridiflora (Buckley ex Nees) Benth. & Hook.f. ex B.D.Jacks.
- Dicliptera halei Riddell
- Dicliptera viridiflora (Nees) R.W.Long
- Gatesia laetevirens A.Gray
- Justicia brachiata Young ex Nees
- Justicia laetevirens Buckley
- Justicia viridiflora Buckley ex Nees
- Rhytiglossa viridiflora Nees
- Yeatesia laetevirens (A.Gray) Small
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: native
Photos
Photo: Daniel M. McNair, CC BY-SA 3.0, 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.