Texas Wildbuds
Justicia runyonii
(Runyon’s Water-willow)
Justicia runyonii, Resaca de la Palma State Park, Brownsville, Cameron Co. 3002
Justicia runyonii, Resaca de la Palma State Park, Brownsville, Cameron Co. 3010
Justicia runyonii, Resaca de la Palma State Park, Brownsville, Cameron Co. 3005
Justicia runyonii, Resaca de la Palma State Park, Brownsville, Cameron Co. 3008
| Scientific Name | Justicia runyonii (Justicia pacifica) | USDA PLANTS Symbol | JURU2 |
| Common Name | Runyon's Water-wollow | ITIS Taxonomic Serial No. | 34358 |
| Family | Acanthaceae (Acanthus) | SEINet Reference |
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| Description | Habitat: Soils of floodplain deposits in the Rio Grande delta; in openings in woodlands and brushlands. Plant: Perennial with several weak, spreading, somewhat woody stems 8 to 20 inches long, branched; rooting from nodes. Leaves: Opposite blades are 1-3/8 to 4-1/2 inches long, lanceolate to linear-lanceolate to nearly linear at branch tips; narrowing at the bases becoming sessile; tips are acuminate; dark green upper surface, pale green lower. Inflorescence: Clusters of a few purple or reddish-purple flowers in upper leaf axils subtended by narrow bractlets 1/2-inch long; corollas are each about 1-inch long and two-lipped; upper lip narrows to two lobes or a notched tip; lower lobe has 3 broad lobes, center lobe with white stipes; 2 arching stamens; 5 narrow, pointed sepals. . Bloom Period: September to November. References: "Manual of the Vascular Plants of Texas" by Correll and Johnston and “Rare Plants of Texas” by Poole, Carr, Price and Singhurst. |
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Texas Status: Native Rare |
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