Use App
Home City Plants Application
English
English
繁體中文
日本語
Español
Français
Deutsch
Pусский
Português
Italiano
한국어
Nederlands
العربية
Svenska
Polskie
ภาษาไทย
Bahasa Melayu
Bahasa Indonesia
This page looks better in the app

Acanthus

Botanical name: Acanthaceae

Acanthus
Botanical name: Acanthaceae
Acanthus (Acanthaceae)

Species of Acanthus

Stenostephanus

Razisea

Duvernoia

Bractspike

Bravaisia

Henrya

Shaggytuft

Codonacanthus

Cystacanthus

Cystacanthus is found in south-east Asia.

Eranthemum

Eranthemum grow in partial and sunny locations and are commonly cultivated in yards and gardens for their late spring flowers and attractive bushy appearance. Species in the genus are known as short-day plants, meaning they need less light during their fall and winter dormancy period in order to produce flowers in the spring.

Nelsonia

They can be found in tropical: Africa (including Madagascar), Latin America, south-east Asia and Australia.

Carlowrightia

Members of the genus carlowrightia are mainly small shrubs bearing inflorescences of lily-like flowers. They are native to the Americas, with many species found in western North America.

Firecracker Flower

Firecracker Flower are a flowering genus that contains dozens of ornamentally cultivated species. They are tropical-loving flowers that thrive in the sun, thanks to their African and Indian heritage. The plants of this genus boast warm-toned blooms that last the entire summer, making them extremely popular in both garden beds and as houseplants.

Dicliptera

The variable dicliptera can be perennials, annuals, climbers, or subshrubs. These colorful plants have a bushy habit and are hardy semi-evergreens. Dicliptera are cultivated as garden ornamentals, with horticulturalists enjoying their tubular blooms which provide nectar to hummingbirds. Once they are established, these sun-lovers are relatively drought tolerant.

Nerve plants

Nerve plantss are named for their veined leaves, which also gives them the nickname 'mosaic plant'. The Latin name is in honor of Elizabeth and Sarah Mary Fitton, who wrote Conservations on Botany in 1817. These humidity and warmth-loving plants thrive as a houseplant or as ground cover in gardens. They are also popular in terrariums and bottle gardens.

Swampweeds

Swampweeds is a genus of flowering plants in the acanthus family, Acanthaceae. There are about 80 to 100 species, of which many are aquatic plants. The genus is distributed across the tropical and subtropical world. Homomorphic leaves are always simple and entire. Plants with heteromorphic leaves generally have pinnately divided basal leaves with either filiform (feather-like) or linear segments, and undivided leaves higher on the stem. The flowers have white to purple corollas with either 5 equal lobes or 2 lips. A lipped corolla has an erect, concave upper lip with two lobes, and a lower lip with 3 lobes. Each flower yields at least 6 seeds.

Pachystachys

Wild petunias

Wild petunias are not actually petunias but are named this because their flowers do have a similar shape. The Latin name refers to Jean Ruelle, who was a famous herbalist and the physician of Francis I of France. They are quite hardy perennials and are loved for their large, showy flowers.

Schaueria

Schaueria is a genus of flowering plants in the family Acanthaceae. They are endemic to Brazil, from Bahia to Rio Grande do Sul. They are characterized by small elongated white or yellow flowers and narrow to thread-like green or yellow bracts. It is considered monophyletic and includes fourteen species.

Rungia

Ruttya

Pararuellia

Pararuellia are flowering perennial herbs native to Southeast Asia. They have very short stems and typically grow close to the soil surface. Their leaves are oval and dark green, and white, pink, or bluish flowers appear individually or in small upright clusters, with spikes or barb-like structures sometimes present on the stalk.

Aphelandra

Aphelandra are flowering shrubs that are native to tropical regions in the Americas. Several of the many species are used as houseplants due to their attractively patterned leaves. Growing to relatively small heights, aphelandra leaves often feature white veins. The Greek words apheles and andros, meaning 'simple' and 'male' respectively, have been the inspiration behind the scientific name.

Acanthus

Acanthus are herbaceous perennials, which are native to tropical and subtropical regions. The ancient Greeks were so inspired by the elegant shape of the leaves that they used to carve them into Corinthian columns as decoration. Pollinators love them too, as they produce a lot of nectar.

Brillantaisia

They are native to the African tropics and subtropics, including Madagascar. They may grow from 20 cm to 2 m in height. Their hirsute stems are square in cross-section and their heart-shaped leaves have an opposite arrangement. Their purple or white pea-like flowers produce long, cigar-shaped seed pods. It contains some 17 species.

Hypoestes

Hypoestes have distinctive green and pink spotted leaves, which make them delightful decorative houseplants. In fact, most people choose to keep them indoors as they require a very warm and humid climate to thrive. But be careful, please keep your family pets away from this plant, as this genus is toxic to pets!

Phlogacanthus

Phlogacanthus is a genus of flowering plants in the family Acanthaceae and tribe Andrographideae. Its distribution includes India through to Indo-China, southern China and Sulawesi. Plants of the World currently recognises 24 species.
Acanthus (Acanthaceae) Acanthus (Acanthaceae)
PictureThis
Botanist in your pocket
Scan QR code to download
Cookie Management Tool
In addition to managing cookies through your browser or device, you can change your cookie settings below.
Necessary Cookies
Necessary cookies enable core functionality. The website cannot function properly without these cookies, and can only be disabled by changing your browser preferences.
Analytical Cookies
Analytical cookies help us to improve our application/website by collecting and reporting information on its usage.
Cookie Name Source Purpose Lifespan
_ga Google Analytics These cookies are set because of our use of Google Analytics. They are used to collect information about your use of our application/website. The cookies collect specific information, such as your IP address, data related to your device and other information about your use of the application/website. Please note that the data processing is essentially carried out by Google LLC and Google may use your data collected by the cookies for own purposes, e.g. profiling and will combine it with other data such as your Google Account. For more information about how Google processes your data and Google’s approach to privacy as well as implemented safeguards for your data, please see here. 1 Year
_pta PictureThis Analytics We use these cookies to collect information about how you use our site, monitor site performance, and improve our site performance, our services, and your experience. 1 Year
Cookie Name
_ga
Source
Google Analytics
Purpose
These cookies are set because of our use of Google Analytics. They are used to collect information about your use of our application/website. The cookies collect specific information, such as your IP address, data related to your device and other information about your use of the application/website. Please note that the data processing is essentially carried out by Google LLC and Google may use your data collected by the cookies for own purposes, e.g. profiling and will combine it with other data such as your Google Account. For more information about how Google processes your data and Google’s approach to privacy as well as implemented safeguards for your data, please see here.
Lifespan
1 Year

Cookie Name
_pta
Source
PictureThis Analytics
Purpose
We use these cookies to collect information about how you use our site, monitor site performance, and improve our site performance, our services, and your experience.
Lifespan
1 Year
Marketing Cookies
Marketing cookies are used by advertising companies to serve ads that are relevant to your interests.
Cookie Name Source Purpose Lifespan
_fbp Facebook Pixel A conversion pixel tracking that we use for retargeting campaigns. Learn more here. 1 Year
_adj Adjust This cookie provides mobile analytics and attribution services that enable us to measure and analyze the effectiveness of marketing campaigns, certain events and actions within the Application. Learn more here. 1 Year
Cookie Name
_fbp
Source
Facebook Pixel
Purpose
A conversion pixel tracking that we use for retargeting campaigns. Learn more here.
Lifespan
1 Year

Cookie Name
_adj
Source
Adjust
Purpose
This cookie provides mobile analytics and attribution services that enable us to measure and analyze the effectiveness of marketing campaigns, certain events and actions within the Application. Learn more here.
Lifespan
1 Year
This page looks better in the app
Open