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Mexican Honeysuckle
Mexican Honeysuckle
Justicia spicigera
Plantae
UNCOMMON

Stats

Lifespan
Perennial
Size
Medium
Diet
Photosynthetic
Biome
Tropical forest
Range
Central America
Movement
Sessile
Breeding
Seeds
Status
Uncommon

About

This evergreen shrub grows in the tropical forests of Mexico and Central America. Its tubular orange flowers produce nectar that attracts hummingbirds from over a mile away.

Life cycle

  1. 1.
    seed
    A dormant seed waits for water and warmth before germinating.
  2. 2.
    sprout
    A first shoot emerges with cotyledon leaves and a tap root reaching down.
  3. 3.
    sapling
    A young plant grows true leaves and a stem or trunk, putting on height each season.
  4. 4.
    mature
    Fully grown, flowering or fruiting at adult size.

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Taxonomy

Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Lamiales
Family
Acanthaceae
Genus
Justicia
Species
Justicia spicigera