FNPS Plant Database

Justicia pringlei

Cooley's waterwillow, Cooley's justicia

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Nomenclature

Common Name:

Cooley's waterwillow, Cooley's justicia

Synonym(s):

Justicia cooleyi

Genus species:

Justicia pringlei

Family:

Acanthaceae

Plant Specifics

Form:

flower

Size:

To about 8 inches 1-ft tall by about a foot wide.

Life Span:

Long-lived perennial

Flower Color:

deep pink

Fruit Color:

Phenology:

Dies back in winter. Blooms summer-fall.

Noted For:

Landscaping

Recommended Uses:

Makes a nice ground cover in semi-shady to shady areas.

Considerations:

Availability:

Propagation:

Seed.  May self-seed and naturalize.

Light:

Moisture Tolerance:

Always Flooded------------------------------------------------Extremely Dry

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Somewhat moist, no flooding ---to--- Not wet but not extremely dry

Salt Water Flooding Tolerance:

Unknown

Salt Spray/Salty Soil Tolerance:

Low/no tolerance of salty wind or direct salt spray

Soil or Other Substrate:

Soil pH:

adaptable

Suitable to Grow In:

USDA zones are based on the average annual extreme minimum winter temperature.



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Ecology

Wildlife:

Native Habitats:

Hammocks, secondary woods and hedge rows.

Natural Range in Florida:

Comments:

Ethnobotany:

General Comments:

Citations:

Huegel, C.  2010.  http://hawthornhillwildflowers.blogspot.com/2010/01/cooleys-justicia-justicia-cooleyi.html



Huegel, C. N.  2015.  Florida pants for shady places. University Presses of Florida.



Wunderlin, R. P., B. F. Hansen, A. R. Franck, and F. B. Essig. 2022. Atlas of Florida Plants ( http://florida.plantatlas.usf.edu/ ). Institute for Systematic Botany, University of South Florida, Tampa.

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