Justicia longii, the longflower tube tongue,[1] is an herbaceous perennial subshrub in the family Acanthaceae found in the Arizona Upland of the Sonoran Desert.[2]: 34 Each of its white flowers blooms in the evening and lasts only a single night.[2]: 34 The next morning the corollas fall, littering the ground with a white carpet.[2]: 34 It has a long bloom season from April to October.[2]: 34
| Justicia longii | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Lamiales |
| Family: | Acanthaceae |
| Genus: | Justicia |
| Species: | J. longii
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| Binomial name | |
| Justicia longii Hilsenb.
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This species is also present in the Sierra de La Libertad of the central desert in Baja California and in Sonora, Mexico.[3]
References
edit- ^ NRCS. "Justicia longii". PLANTS Database. United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). Retrieved 28 May 2015.
- ^ a b c d Sonoran Desert Wildflowers, Richard Spellenberg, 2nd ed., 2012, ISBN 9780762773688
- ^ Rebman, Jon P.; Gibson, Judy; Rich, Karen (15 November 2016). "Annotated Checklist of the Vascular Plants of Baja California, Mexico" (PDF). Proceedings of the San Diego Society of Natural History. 45. San Diego Natural History Museum: 27.