Mexican Honeysuckle
Justicia spicigera
Found in disturbed areas. FloraQuest, phone app (app page) What its natural habitat tells you
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Not native
Not native to Florida. How scores work Is it native here?
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At a glance
Not yet recorded · Height · Spread · Light · Soil · Life cycle · Leaves · Bloom
This plant is missing most of its facts, so Quercus is looking them up in old botany books.
Recorded in 3 Florida counties.
Habitats
Roadsides, fields and disturbed ground.
Each habitat page lists the plants and wildlife also found there. All habitats
Ecological relationships
Who uses this plant?
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
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- Spodoptera eridaniaSouthern Armyworm Moth
- Anthanassa seminole
Growing and identification
Plant details
- Family
- Acanthaceae
Safety has not been reviewed for this plant; check toxicity and thorns before planting.
Conservation status
| Florida rank | Not available |
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| Global rank | Not available |
| FL status | Not verified |
| Federal status | Not verified |
Native alternatives
Find natives for your gardenSources
- Atlas of Florida Plants
- Shropshire & Tallamy 2025, Lepidoptera of North America north of Mexico, ZooKeys 1261 (ODbL)
- Noori, Seltmann & Orr 2026, A curated and integrated dataset for exploring global bee-plant interactions (GloBI), Zenodo, CC BY 4.0
- Smith, Bachelder, Russell, Morales, Mosher & Seltmann 2024, Bee-Specialization-Modeling v0.6.1 (specialist host table compiled from J. Fowler's pollen specialist bee lists), Zenodo, CC BY 4.0
- Hurlbert, Olsen, Sawyer & Winner 2021, Avian Diet Database, Scientific Data 8: 260 (CC0)
- Narango, Tallamy & Shropshire 2020, Few keystone plant genera support the majority of Lepidoptera species, Nature Communications

