Candle plant
Pachystachys lutea
Also known as Golden Shrimp Plant, Lollipop plant, Yellow Shrimp plant
About Candle plant
Pachystachys lutea, known as the golden shrimp plant or lollipop plant, is a tropical, soft-stemmed evergreen shrub between 0.5 and 2.5 meters tall, native to Peru. The zygomorphic, long-throated, short-lived white flowers emerge sequentially from overlapping bright yellow bracts on racemes that are produced throughout the warm months. The Latin specific epithet lutea means "yellow". It is cultivated as an ornamental, but in cold temperate regions it requires protection from temperatures below 10 °C (50 °F). It has won the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit.
Description adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Pachystachys lutea
- Genus
- Pachystachys
- Family
- ACANTHACEAE
- Habit
- Shrub
- Native to
- South America
- Flowering & fruiting
- October-June
- Conservation status
- Not Evaluated (NE)
Acanthaceae
Acanthus family
Candle plant belongs to the Acanthaceae family.
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