''Justicia pilosella'' (syns. ''Siphonoglossa pilosella'' and ''Monechma pilosella''), the hairy tube-tongue, Gregg's tube tongue, or false honeysuckle, is a species of flowering plant in the family

Acanthaceae Acanthaceae () is a Family (biology), family (the acanthus family) of dicotyledonous flowering plants containing almost 250 genera and about 2500 species. Most are Tropics, tropical Herbaceous plant, herbs, shrubs, or twining vines; some are epip ...

. It is native to New Mexico, Texas, and east-central Mexico. A perennial herb reaching , it is typically found growing in clearings and

forest edge A woodland edge or forest edge is the transition zone (ecotone) from an area of woodland or forest to fields or other open spaces. Certain species of plants and animals are adapted to the forest edge, and these species are often more familiar to h ...

s in rocky or gravelly soils.

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pilosella ''Pilosella'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae. It includes approximately 250 species native to temperate Eurasia and northwestern Africa. Some sources include it within the genus ''Hieracium''. Species , Plants of the Wor ...

Flora of the South-Central United States Flora of Northeastern Mexico Flora of Central Mexico Flora of Veracruz Plants described in 1990 {{Acanthaceae-stub