''Justicia aurea'', the Brazilian plume or yellow jacobinia, is an
ornamental shrub native to the
Cerrado
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vegetation
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of
Brazil
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. This plant may be propagated by herbaceous
stem cutting
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Implements commonly used for wikt:cut, cutting are the knife and saw, or in medicine and science the scal ...
, and it can usually get to 1,50 - 2,50 m tall. They flourish in the shade, and will not do well if overwatered.
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''Justicia aurea''
aurea
Aurea, golden in Latin, may refer to:
* Aurea (car), a former Italian automobile manufactured in Turin from 1921 to 1930
* Aurea (singer) (born 1987), Portuguese singer
* Aurea Alexandrina, a kind of opiate or antidote
* Áurea, a municipality ...
Flora of Brazil
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