| Pachystachys lutea | |
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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: | Pachystachys |
| Species: | P. lutea |
| Binomial name | |
| Pachystachys lutea Nees | |
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.
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Close up of the bracts
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Flowers emerging from the bract
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References
- Sahani, Rani. "Lollipop plant – Care, Uses, Propagation (Best info IN 2024)". Lollipop plant. Archived from the original on May 7, 2024.
- ^ Edward F. Gilman; Alan Meerow (October 1999). "Pachystachys lutea" (PDF). Hort.ifas.ufl.edu. Retrieved 24 March 2022.
- Wasshausen, D. C. (1986). "The systematics of the genus Pachystachys (Acanthaceae)". Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington. 99 (1): 160–185.
- Harrison, Lorraine (2012). RHS Latin for Gardeners. United Kingdom: Mitchell Beazley. ISBN 978-1845337315.
- ^ "RHS Plantfinder - Pachystachys lutea". Rhs.org.uk. Retrieved 14 April 2018.
- "AGM Plants - Ornamental" (PDF). Royal Horticultural Society. July 2017. p. 71. Retrieved 14 April 2018.
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| Pachystachys lutea |
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