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Mystery Monday - Name That Shrub!

Tuesday November 3, 2009

Isn't the bark of last week's tree gorgeous? I love all of the colors. Thanks to Leslie, Karen and Margaret, we know this is the Lacebark pine (Pinus bungeana).

Your clues for this week:

  1. This tropical evergreen shrub is a member of the Acanthaceae family.
  2. The common names refer to the plant as a yellow crustacean, a yellow source of light, and a candy.
  3. There's at least a couple of scientific names that this plant goes by.

Good luck!

Image by Joe Shlabotnik via Flickr.

Comments

November 4, 2009 at 12:02 am
(1) patricia hilty says:

The plant is Pachystachys lutea, also known as the shrimp plant or the lollipop plant.

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