Justicia carthaginensis Jacq.
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Authority
Britton, Nathaniel L. & Millspaugh, Charles F. 1920. The Bahama Flora.
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Family
Acanthaceae
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Scientific Name
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Description
Species Description - Herbaceous, erect, branched, 0.5-1.5 m. high, the branches and leaves glabrous or very sparingly pubescent. Leaves ovate or elliptic-ovate, membranous, 5-12 cm. long, acuminate at the apex, narrowed or rounded at the base, some what deeurrent on the petioles; flowers violet to purple, in dense terminal bracted spikes 3-7 cm. long; bracts oblong, pubescent or ciliate, 12 mm. long or less, the lower pointed, the upper truncate and cuneate; bractlets narrower than the bracts; calyx-segments lanceolate, about 1 cm. long; corolla-tube about 1.5 cm. long, the upper lip about as long as the tube, the lower somewhat longer; capsule 1.5-2 cm. long, acute, pubescent.
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Distribution
Waste places, New Providence and Long Island : Hispaniola ; St. Thomas to Barbadoes and Grenada ; continental tropical America. Justicia.
New Providence Bahamas South America| Long Island Bahamas South America| West Indies| Saint Thomas Virgin Islands of the United States South America| Barbados South America| Grenada South America|