Acanthus hungaricus

Acanthus hungaricus, is a herbaceous perennial plant in the genus Acanthus, native to the Balkan peninsula, including Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Romania, European Turkey, and the former Yugoslavia.^[1] This plant is also cultivated in many European and American gardens.

Acanthus hungaricus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Asterids
Order:	Lamiales
Family:	Acanthaceae
Genus:	Acanthus
Species:	A. hungaricus
Binomial name
Acanthus hungaricus (Borbás) Baen. (1896)
Synonyms[1]
Acanthus balcanicus Heywood & I.Richardson (1972) Acanthus longifolius var. hungaricus Borbás (1893) Acanthus longifolius Host (1831), nom. illeg.

It grows to 80 cm tall, with basal clusters of deeply lobed and cut leaves. Leaves are dark green and shiny. It flowers in mid summer from July to August. Flowers are on a very long flowering stem and consist of a lower lip and upper tooth-like lip.

• 
  Inflorescence bud
• 
  Opening inflorescence
• 
  Inflorescence
• 
  Flower close-up
• 
  Leaf