Dianthera angusta

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Dianthera angusta
At Sweetbay Natural Area in Palm Beach County, Florida
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Lamiales
Family: Acanthaceae
Genus: Dianthera
Species:
D. angusta
Binomial name
Dianthera angusta
(Chapm.) Small[1]
Synonyms[1]
  • Dianthera ovata var. angusta Chapm.
  • Justicia angusta (Chapm.) Small
  • Justicia ovata var. angusta (Chapm.) R.W.Long

Dianthera angusta, the pineland waterwillow, is a flowering plant. It grows in parts of Florida and a few areas of Georgia in habitats near lakes and pond as well as wet pineland and prairie areas. It is in the Acanthaceae family.[2]

It has been placed in both the genus Justicia,[3] and the genus Dianthera.[4] In Georgia, this dicot perennial herb has been located growing in roadside ditches and with Hartwrightia in shallow sloughs and wet savannas.[5]

References

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  1. ^ a b "Dianthera angusta (Chapm.) Small". Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved 11 November 2025.
  2. ^ "Pineland waterwillow". flawildflowers.org. June 5, 2020.
  3. ^ "Justicia angusta / [Species detail] / Plant Atlas". florida.plantatlas.usf.edu.
  4. ^ "Dianthera angusta (Chapm.) Small". World Flora Online. Retrieved 11 November 2025.
  5. ^ "Justicia angusta". georgiabiodiversity.org.
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