Justicia fulvicoma, orange shrimp plant

Category: Shade Perennials
Family: Acanthaceae
Origin: Mexico
Evergreen: no
Flower Color: orange
Bloom Time: summer into fall
Height: 4 ft
Width: 6 ft
Exposure: part shade
Irrigation: low to medium
Cold Hardiness: 7 F
Description: Bracted flowers with gold strappy petals on long stems make for a fairly impressive clump when not much else is blooming. Propagated from specimen collected in Tamaulipas, Mexico.