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Botanical details
- Family
- Acanthaceae
- Native to the UK
- No
- Potentially harmful
- Genus
Acanthus
- Genus description
Acanthus are robust herbaceous perennials with handsome, lobed foliage and tall, erect racemes of two-lipped flowers with colourful bracts
- Name status
Correct
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