| Scientific Name: | Justicia brandegeana |
| Common Name: | shrimp plant |
| Family Name: | Acanthaceae |
| Origin: | Mexico |
| Hardiness Zone: | Zone 9: (-7 to -1 °C) |
| Plant Type: | Annual |
| Mature Size: | 0.2 - 0.4m x 0.1 - 0.3m (height x width) |
| Habit: | Upright |
| Form: | Pyramidal - widely |
| Texture: | Medium |
| Landscape Uses: | Bedding plant, Container planting, Filler, Summer interest |
| Exposure: | Full sun |
| Soil or Media: | |
| Leaves: | Simple, Opposite, Heavily veined, Elliptic |
| Flowers: | Spike, Yellow, Pink, Red, Jul-Aug |
| Fruit: | Capsule, Brown |
| Key ID Features: | |
| Florets arranged in a shrimp-like spike with reddish or rarely yellow bracts. | |