Pachystachys lutea

Pachystachys lutea, known as the golden shrimp plant or lollipop plant,^[1] is a tropical, soft-stemmed evergreen shrub between 0.5 and 2.5 meters tall, native to Peru.^[2][3] The zygomorphic, long-throated, short-lived white flowers emerge sequentially from overlapping bright yellow bracts on racemes that are produced throughout the warm months.^[2]

Pachystachys lutea
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Asterids
Order:	Lamiales
Family:	Acanthaceae
Genus:	Pachystachys
Species:	P. lutea
Binomial name
Pachystachys lutea Nees

The Latin specific epithet lutea means "yellow".^[4]

It is cultivated as an ornamental, but in cold temperate regions it requires protection from temperatures below 10 °C (50 °F).^[5] It has won the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit.^[5][6][7]

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  Close up of the bracts
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  Flowers emerging from the bract