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Squirrel's Tail
Justicia betonica
Justicia betonica is a species of flowering plant, a shrub in the family Acanthaceae. It goes by the common name squirrel's tail and paper plume.
From the article Nicoteba betonica on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA), quoted section by section
Range & habitat
The species is native to Angola, Bangladesh, Botswana, South Africa, Eswatini, Ethiopia, India, Kenya, Malawi, Mali, Mozambique, Namibia, Senegal, Sri Lanka, Sudan, South Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, Democratic Republic of the Congo, and Zimbabwe. The species was introduced to Colombia, Costa Rica, Guyana, Panama, Solomon Islands as well as regions like Hawaii, and New Caledonia. It is also found in tropical regions of China, Australia, Malaysia, Philippines, and Indonesia. Its habitat includes wastelands, hedges, and ravines.
== References ==
Wikipedia: “Range”
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 164316.