View source for Acanthus spinosus

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|genus=Acanthus
|species=spinosus
|habit=herbaceous
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|lifespan=perennial
|features=flowers, ground cover
|flower_season=early summer, mid summer, late summer
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|flowers=red, pink, white
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|image=P1000255 Acanthus spinosus (Spiny bear's breeches) (Acanthaceae) Plant.JPG
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Acanthus spinosus, Linn. Lvs. lanceolate, pinnatifid, pubescent; spines short, whitish: fls. smaller than in the last, purplish, summer; spikes dense, slightly villous.{{SCH}}
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==Cultivation==
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==Varieties==
Spinosissimus group (syn. Acanthus spinosissimus, Desf.) Lvs. dark green, pinnately parted; spines glistening, whitish: fls. infrequent, rosy, sessile: autumn; spikes loose, pilose or glabrescent: S. Eu. Grows 3-4 feet, ft. high: lvs. sessile, spines of the bracts recurved.

==Gallery==
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File:Acanthe2.jpg| photo 1
File:P1000256 Acanthus spinosus (Spiny bear's breeches) (Acanthaceae) Plant.JPG| photo 2
File:Acanthus spinosus 2.jpg| photo 3
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==References==
*[[Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture]], by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963
<!--- xxxxx  *Flora: The Gardener's Bible, by Sean Hogan. Global Book Publishing, 2003. ISBN 0881925381  -->
<!--- xxxxx  *American Horticultural Society: A-Z Encyclopedia of Garden Plants, by Christopher Brickell, Judith D. Zuk. 1996. ISBN 0789419432  -->
<!--- xxxxx  *Sunset National Garden Book. Sunset Books, Inc., 1997. ISBN 0376038608  -->

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