Justicia pilosella

Justicia pilosella (syns. Siphonoglossa pilosella and Monechma pilosella), the hairy tube-tongue, Gregg's tube tongue, or false honeysuckle, is a species of flowering plant in the family Acanthaceae.^[2] It is native to New Mexico, Texas, and east-central Mexico.^[1] A perennial herb reaching 1 ft (30 cm), it is typically found growing in clearings and forest edges in rocky or gravelly soils.^[2]

Justicia pilosella
Flower and foliage
Habit
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Asterids
Order:	Lamiales
Family:	Acanthaceae
Genus:	Justicia
Species:	J. pilosella
Binomial name
Justicia pilosella (Nees) Hilsenb.
Synonyms[1]
List Adhatoda dipteracantha Nees Dipteracanthus procumbens Nees Justicia turneri Hilsenb. Monechma pilosella Nees Siphonoglossa dipteracantha (Nees) A.Heller Siphonoglossa greggii Greenm. & C.H.Thomps. Siphonoglossa pilosella (Nees) Torr.