Family: Acanthaceae
Group: Dicot
Perennation:
Perennial
Habit:
Vine
Substrate:
Terrestrial
Native Status:
Not Native, Naturalized
Native Range:
Old World (eastern Africa). Widely cultivated and naturalized elsewhere.
Map of Locations [currently Florida only]
History in the Bahamas:
Reported in 1920 by Britton & Millspaugh for disturbed areas in the northwestern Commonwealth (New Providence near Nassau). Reported by Correll & Correll (1982: 1359-1360, with illustrations) as spontaneous after cultivation in the northwestern Commonwealth (region 8).
