Mexican shrimp plant

Justicia brandegeeana

  • Mexican shrimp plant
  • Mexican shrimp plant
  • Mexican shrimp plant
  • Mexican shrimp plant
  • Mexican shrimp plant
  • Mexican shrimp plant
  • Mexican shrimp plant
  • Mexican shrimp plant
  • Mexican shrimp plant
  • Mexican shrimp plant
  • Flower name
    Mexican shrimp plant
  • Scientific name
    Justicia brandegeeana
  • Aliasベロペロネ, 小海老草, Beloperone, Beloperone guttata, False Hop, Shrimp Bush, shrimp plant, Mexican shrimp plant
  • Place of originMexico
  • Place of floweringCut flowers, flower arrangement, Greenhouse, Ornamental plants
  • Flowering seasonMay, June, July, August, September, October, November
  • Language of flowersWitty,tomboy

What is Mexican shrimp plant

Mexican shrimp plant, Plants Named After Crustaceans

Mexican shrimp plan, or the Shrimp Plant (Justicia brandegeeana) is a tropical and semi-hardy evergreen shrub native to Mexico, belonging to the Acanthaceae family. It gets its name from its overlapping bracts that resemble small shrimp, which come in reddish-brown or yellowish-brown colors.

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Above: Shrimp Plant (Justicia brandegeeana), Below: Small shrimp (Argis lar)

Small white flowers shaped like lips from between the bracts are real. Lower lip of the flower is purple group. Blooming flowers (bracts) long-term, evergreen, prized as pot plants and cut flowers.

Common name: Mexican shrimp plant, scientific name:Justicia brandegeeana, aka: beloperone ,Beloperone guttata, False Hop, Shrimp Bush, origin: Mexico height: 50-150 cm, phyllotaxis: opposite, leaf: oval, flower color: white, bract color: green / brown or reddish-brown, yellowish-brown,The inflorescence high: 7-10 cm, flowering time: from May to November.


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Mexican shrimp plant, scientific name:Justicia brandegeeana,


  • Order
    Lamiales
  • Family
    Acanthaceae
  • Genus
    Justicia
  • Species
    J. brandegeeana
  • Type of flower
    Left-right symmetrical flower
  • Array of flower
    Spikelet inflorescence
  • Petal shape
    Lip shaped
  • Leaf type
    ovoid
  • Edge of the leaf
    Serrated
  • Life typeTropical and half Hardy Evergreen shrub
  • Flower colorsWhite
  • Colors of the leavesGreen
  • Fruit color
  • Height50.0 ~ 150.0 cm
  • Diameter of flower2.0 ~ 3.0 cm

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