Justicia austrocapensis
Justicia austrocapensis is a species of perennial herb in the Acanthus family commonly known as the Cape tube-tongue or chuparrosa. J. austrocapensis is characterized by solitary, pink, two-lipped tubular flowers up to  long that emerge from the leaf axils. It is one of two Justicia species endemic to the Cape region of Baja California Sur, the other being the larger, shrubby, red-flowered Justicia purpusii. It is most similar to other species formerly placed in Siphonoglossa, such as Justicia sessilis of the West Indies and South America. Description 
Justicia austrocapensis is a perennial herb that grows to  tall. The young stems are square-shaped and may be furrowed. The foliage, stems, flowers and fruits are covered in pubescent, non-glandular hairs. The leaves are subsessile to petiolate, with the petioles up to  long, eventually reducing to stubs along the stem  once the leaves have fallen. The leaves are ovate and entire, measuring  long by  wide. The tip of the leaf is acute to acuminate, while the base of the leaf is acute to cordate to truncate. Flowering and fruiting is from September to December and April to May. The inflorescence is a dichasia emerging from the axils of the leaves (with the distal leaves sometimes being reduced and bract-like), usually bearing a solitary flower. The dichasia is subsessile to sessile, with a short peduncle only up to  long. The bracteoles are sessile and reach up to  long. The flowers are sessile, and have a 4-lobed calyx  long. The two-lipped corolla is a rose-pink with a white and darker-pink crow's-foot shaped pattern on the spreading lower lip. The corolla measures up to  long, and the corolla tube  long. The fruit is a capsule  long, held on a stipe up to  long. There are 4 seeds, each up to  long, white in immaturity, turning brown when mature. Distribution and habitat 
Justicia austrocapensis is endemic to the Cape region of Baja California Sur, the far southern portion of the peninsula characterized by the Sierra de la Laguna and the San Lucan scrub. It is found in the non-desert portions of the mountains and lowlands of the Cape. J. austrocapensis is usually associated with the tropical deciduous forest and pine-oak forests of the region at elevations of . It usually occurs on slopes, along watercourses, and in canyons and gulches. References 

Further reading:
 Type description in

External links 
 Justicia austrocapensis at SEINet
 Justicia austrocapensis at Red de Herbarios del Noroeste de México
 Justicia austrocapensis on EncicloVida

austrocapensis
Flora of Baja California Sur
Natural history of Baja California Sur
Natural history of the Peninsular Ranges
Endemic flora of Mexico
Taxa named by Thomas Franklin Daniel