| 词条 | Justicia americana |
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|name = American water-willow |image = Justicia americana flower.jpg |image_caption = |taxon = Justicia americana |authority = L. |}} Justicia americana (American water-willow) is a herbaceous, aquatic flowering plant in the Acanthus family native to North America. It is the hardiest species in the genus Justicia, the other members of which being largely tropical and subtropical, and it is able to survive as far north as USDA zone 4. It is common throughout its range. The grows partially submerged in still or flowing water, reaching up to {{cvt|40|cm|in}} tall from a creeping rhizome. The leaves are {{cvt|10|cm|in}}, opposite, sessile, linear or lanceolate, and slightly crenulated. The flowers are bicolored, born in opposite arrangement on spikes {{cvt|3|cm|in}} long coming off a peduncle {{cvt|10|cm|in}} long. Color ranges from white to pale lavender with the upper corolla lip pale violet or white, arching over the lower lip mottled in dark purple. The lateral lobes are unadorned or slightly blushed. The anthers are purplish-red rather than the usual yellow. Flowering is from May to October.[1] The fruit of this plant is a small brown capsule. The creeping rhizome allows J. americana to form large colonies on or near the shorelines of still or slow waters in lakes and rivers, and on rocky riffles and shoals in faster flowing rivers. Its rhizomes and roots provide important spawning sites for many fish species and habitat for invertebrates. [2][3]{{clear left}}{{commonscat}} References1. ^Justicia americana at MissouriPlants.com {{Taxonbar|from=Q586923}}{{Acanthaceae-stub}}2. ^Justicia americana Native Plant database at wildflower.org 3. ^Justicia americana (L.) Vahl American water-willow, Water-willow Acanthaceae (Acanthus Family) USDA Symbol: JUAM USDA Native Status: Native to U.S. 4 : Justicia|Flora of the United States|Freshwater plants|Plants described in 1753 |
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