Justicia americana (L.)Vahl
![Locations ofJusticia americana (L.)Vahl in Virginia](img/plants/maps/Justicia_americana_2004.png?c=1725760484)
Detail
- Family
- Acanthaceae
- Botanical Name
- Justicia americana (L.)Vahl
- Common Name
- Common Water-willow, American Water-willow
- Synonym(s)
- Flora of Virginia Name/Status
- Justicia americana (L.) Vahl
- Comments
- Habitat
- Intermittently exposed river shores and stream beds, usually in the open. In the mountains and Piedmont, it is characteristic of cobbly or bouldery shallows along major streams; in the Coastal Plain, it occupies sandy shores and intertidal flats.Locally frequent to common throughout.
- Native Status
- Native
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