Pachystachys lutea

Taxobox
name = Golden shrimp plant


image_width = 240px
regnum = Plantae
divisio = Magnoliophyta
classis = Magnoliopsida
ordo = Lamiales
familia = Acanthaceae
genus = "Pachystachys"
species = "P. lutea"
binomial = "Pachystachys lutea"
binomial_authority = Nees

"Pachystachys lutea", known by the common names Golden Shrimp Plant and Lollipop Plant, is a subtropical, soft-stemmed evergreen shrub between 36 and 48 inches (90 and 120 cm) tall. The zygomorphic, long-throated, short-lived white flowers emerge sequentially from overlapping bright yellow bracts on racemes that are produced throughout the warm months. It is a popular landscape plant in tropical and subtropical areas of the world. [http://hort.ifas.ufl.edu/shrubs/PACLUTA.PDF]

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