Justicia longii

Justicia longii
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Asterids
Order:	Lamiales
Family:	Acanthaceae
Genus:	Justicia
Species:	J. longii
Binomial name
	Justicia longii; Hilsenb.

Justicia longii, the longflower tube tongue,^[1] is an herbaceous perennial subshrub in the family Acanthaceae found in the Arizona Upland of the Sonoran Desert.^[2]^: 34 Each of its white flowers blooms in the evening and lasts only a single night.^[2]^: 34 The next morning the corollas fall, littering the ground with a white carpet.^[2]^: 34 It has a long bloom season from April to October.^[2]^: 34

This species is also present in the Sierra de La Libertad of the central desert in Baja California and in Sonora, Mexico.^[3]

References

^ NRCS. "Justicia longii". PLANTS Database. United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). Retrieved 28 May 2015.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Sonoran Desert Wildflowers, Richard Spellenberg, 2nd ed., 2012, ISBN 9780762773688
^ Rebman, Jon P.; Gibson, Judy; Rich, Karen (15 November 2016). "Annotated Checklist of the Vascular Plants of Baja California, Mexico" (PDF). Proceedings of the San Diego Society of Natural History. 45. San Diego Natural History Museum: 27.

[1] NRCS. "Justicia longii". PLANTS Database. United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). Retrieved 28 May 2015.

[SDF-2] Sonoran Desert Wildflowers, Richard Spellenberg, 2nd ed., 2012, ISBN 9780762773688

[BajaChecklist-3] Rebman, Jon P.; Gibson, Judy; Rich, Karen (15 November 2016). "Annotated Checklist of the Vascular Plants of Baja California, Mexico" (PDF). Proceedings of the San Diego Society of Natural History. 45. San Diego Natural History Museum: 27.

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