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{{SPlantbox
|familia=Acanthaceae
|genus=Justicia
|species=brandegeeana
|common_name=brandegeeana, Beloperone guttata, Drejerella guttata, Shrimp Plant
|name_ref=Flora - A Gardener's Encyclopedia ISBN 0881925381
|habit=shrub
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|Max ht box=36
|Max ht metric=in
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|Max wd box=26
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|width_ref=Flora - A Gardener's Encyclopedia ISBN 0881925381
|origin=From Mexico
|origin_ref=Flora - A Gardener's Encyclopedia ISBN 0881925381
|lifespan=perennial, annual
|life_ref=Flora - A Gardener's Encyclopedia ISBN 0881925381
|exposure=sun
|sun_ref=Flora - A Gardener's Encyclopedia ISBN 0881925381
|features=evergreen, flowers
|flower_season=early spring
|flower_ref=Flora - A Gardener's Encyclopedia ISBN 0881925381
|flowers=white
|Temp Metric=°F
|min_zone=9
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|max_zone=11
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{{Taxobox
| color = lightgreen
| name = ''Justicia brandegeeana''
| image = Shrimp plant lg.jpg
| image_width = 240px
| regnum = [[Plant]]ae
| divisio = [[flowering plant|Magnoliophyta]]
| classis = [[dicotyledon|Magnoliopsida]]
| ordo = [[Lamiales]]
| familia = [[Acanthaceae]]
| genus = ''[[Justicia]]''
| species = '''''J. brandegeeana'''''
| binomial = ''Justicia brandegeeana''
| binomial_authority = Wassh. & L.B.Sm.
}}

'''''Justicia brandegeeana''''' ('''Mexican Shrimp Plant''' or '''Shrimp Plant'''; [[syn.]] ''Beloperone guttata'' Brandeg.) is an [[evergreen]] [[perennial plant|perennial]] [[shrub]] in the genus ''[[Justicia]]'', native to [[Mexico]].

It grows to 1 m tall (rarely more) with spindly limbs. The [[leaf|leaves]] are oval, green, 3-7.5 cm long. The [[flower]]s are white, extending from red [[bract]]s which look a bit like a [[shrimp]], hence the shrub's common name, shrimp flower.

The species is named after the American botanist [[Townshend Stith Brandegee]] (1843-1925); the scientific name is commonly seen mis-spelled "''brandegeana''".