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Justicia crassifolia

Justicia crassifolia

Found in pine flatwoods, cypress ponds. FloraQuest, phone app (app page) What its natural habitat tells you

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Good

Native to Florida. How scores work Is it native here?

Profile 35%

Soil moisture
Moist to wet
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At a glance

Not yet recorded · Height · Spread · Light · Life cycle · Leaves · Bloom

This plant is missing most of its facts, so Quercus is looking them up in old botany books.

Recorded in 10 Florida counties.

Natural habitats

Places it grows wild. Not a planting requirement. Each habitat page lists the plants and wildlife also found there.

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Ponds, lakes and their shores

Georgia pond and emergent wetland
Regional / representative. Shown: Chattahoochee River National Recreation Area, Georgia; representative pond ecosystem, a neighboring state.Georgia pond and emergent wetland, Robert 'Bob' Hynes, 1997. Public domain. Source record.

Pine flatwoods

Flat, sandy Coastal Plain pine woodlands, wetter than sandhills and denser than savannas.

All habitats

Also found with this plant

Wildlife whose habitat models include habitats this plant grows in, in Florida. Shared habitat, not food. 118 animals.

All wildlife of Florida

Ecological relationships

Who uses this plant?

What these records mean

12CaterpillarsGenus host records with ranges including FL

Genus host records with ranges including FL · Justicia

  • Anartia jatrophaeWhite Peacock
  • Anthanassa frisiaCuban Crescent
  • Anthanassa texanaTexan Crescent
  • Argyrogramma verrucaGolden Looper
  • Automeris ioIo Moth
  • Darapsa versicolorHydrangea Sphinx
  • Eudryas unioPearly Wood-Nymph
  • Ozarba aeriaAerial Brown
  • Phyciodes phaonPhaon Crescent, Crescentspot
  • Siproeta stelenesMalachite
Show all 12
  • Spodoptera eridaniaSouthern Armyworm Moth
  • Anthanassa seminole
Shropshire & Tallamy 2025, Lepidoptera of North America north of Mexico, ZooKeys 1261 (ODbL)
3BeesSoutheastern regional records

Southeastern regional records · Justicia

Individual names are not available yet.

Noori, Seltmann & Orr 2026, A curated and integrated dataset for exploring global bee-plant interactions (GloBI), Zenodo, CC BY 4.0
0Specialist beesPollen specialists
—BirdsRecorded genus food-resource interactions; not a state feeding claim

No records yet · Ants · Beetles · Flies · Adult butterflies / moths · Other wasps · Other insects

Growing and identification

Plant details

Family
ACANTHACEAE

Safety has not been reviewed for this plant; check toxicity and thorns before planting.

Conservation status

Florida rankS3
Global rankNot available
FL statusNot verified
Federal statusNot verified

Conservation source

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