Texas Wildbuds
Justicia pilosella
(Gregg’s Tube-tongue)
Justicia pilosella, South Llano State Park, Kimbel Co, 7327
Justicia pilosella, South Llano State Park, Kimbel Co, 7313
Justicia pilosella, Ft. Martin Scott, Fredericksburg, Gillespie Co. 0966
Justicia pilosella, Choke Canyon State Park, McMullen Co. 8397
Justicia pilosella, River Bend Camping Area, San Angelo State Park, Tom Green Co. 1855
Justicia pilosella, Ft. Martin Scott, Fredericksburg, Gillespie Co. 0947
Justicia pilosella, Ft. Martin Scott, Fredericksburg, Gillespie Co. 0951
Justicia pilosella, Choke Canyon State Park, McMullen Co. 8393
| Scientific Name | Justicia pilosella (Siphonoglossa pilosella) | USDA PLANTS Symbol | JUPI5 |
| Common Name | Gregg's Tube-tongue, Tube-tongue | ITIS Taxonomic Serial No. | 832811 |
| Family | Acanthaceae (Acanthus) | SEINet Reference |
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| Description | Habitat: Various types of soil but generally in rocky, gravelly or caliche soils in fields, pastures, streamsides and woodlands. Plant: Colony-forming, low, spreading or upright perennial, with stems up to 12 inches long but normally growing only 2 to 5 inches tall; stems with scattered, spreading hairs. Leaves: Opposite, nearly sessile leaves with ovate to oval blades, usually 1/4 to 1/2-inch long but may be up to 1-5/8 inches long and 3/4-inch wide; margins and veins with spreading hairs. Inflorescence: Single or a few rose to purple, sometimes white, blossoms about one inch across at branch tips or arising from leaf axils; corollas are two-lipped with a narrow upper lip curved backward and a very broad lower lip with three deep lobes; middle lobe with purple-dotted white splotch in the center of rose/purple flowers; relatively long, white, hairy corolla tube. Bloom Period: April to October. References: "Manual of the Vascular Plants of Texas" by Correll and Johnston, "Wildflowers of Texas" by Geyata Ajilvsgi, "Wildflowers of Texas" by Michael Eason, "Wildflowers of the Texas Hill Country" by Marshall Enquist and American Southwest. |
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Texas Status: Native |
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