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Pachystachys lutea

Pachystachys lutea

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Camarón Amarillo

Family: Acanthaceae
Order: Lamiales
Class: Magnoliopsida
Phylum / Division: Magnoliophyta
Kingdom: Plantae

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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. It has won the Royal Horticultural Society´s Award of Garden Merit.

Source: Wikipedia, article Pachystachys lutea. Content adapted from Wikipedia, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license. Accessed on 17/07/2026.





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Record IDDateExact timeCountryProvince / departmentPlaceFilmedPhotographedRecorded vocalObservedHeardWounded or deadNumber of individualsUser or BibliographyDetail
140674804/09/2012Costa RicaSan JoséParque Metropolitano La SabanaHugo Caverzasi
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Please use the following reference when citing this species account.
EcoRegistros. 2026. Pachystachys lutea – Species account. Accessed from www.ecoregistros.org on 27/09/2026.