| Pachystachys lutea | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Lamiales |
| Family: | Acanthaceae |
| Genus: | Pachystachys |
| Species: | P. lutea |
| Binomial name | |
| Pachystachys lutea | |
Pachystachys lutea, known as the golden shrimp plant or lollipop plant, is a tropical, soft-stemmed evergreen shrub between 0.5 and 2.5 meters tall, native to Peru.[1][2] The zygomorphic, long-throated, short-lived white flowers emerge sequentially from overlapping bright yellow bracts on racemes that are produced throughout the warm months.[1]
The Latin specific epithet lutea means “yellow”.[3]
It is cultivated as an ornamental, but in cold temperate regions it requires protection from temperatures below 10 °C (50 °F).[4] It has won the Royal Horticultural Society’s Award of Garden Merit.[4][5]
Close up of the bracts.JPG.webp)
Flowers emerging from the bract
References
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- 1 2 Edward F. Gilman; Alan Meerow (October 1999). "Pachystachys lutea" (PDF). Hort.ifas.ufl.edu. Retrieved 24 March 2022.
- ↑ Wasshausen, D. C. (1986). "The systematics of the genus Pachystachys (Acanthaceae)". Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington. 99 (1): 160–185.
- ↑ Harrison, Lorraine (2012). RHS Latin for Gardeners. United Kingdom: Mitchell Beazley. ISBN 978-1845337315.
- 1 2 "RHS Plantfinder - Pachystachys lutea". Rhs.org.uk. Retrieved 14 April 2018.
- ↑ "AGM Plants - Ornamental" (PDF). Royal Horticultural Society. July 2017. p. 71. Retrieved 14 April 2018.
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