Plants in the Genus Acanthus

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Acanthus is a genus of about 30 species of perennials from dry, rocky areas, primarily in the Mediterranean with oblong, broadly ovate, or lance-shaped, lobed, dark green leaves and tall, erect racemes of two-lipped flowers surrounded by spiny bracts.

Click on any of the 11 plants listed below in the genus Acanthus to read more about that plant, or go back to the genus a-z.

Acanthus 'Morning's Candle' (Bear's breeches 'Morning's Candle')
Acanthus 'Whitewater' (Bear's breeches 'Whitewater')
Acanthus hirsutus (Hairy bear's breeches)
Acanthus hirsutus subsp. syriacus (Syrian bear's breeches)
Acanthus hungaricus (Long-leaved bear's breeches)
Acanthus mollis (Bear's breeches)
Acanthus mollis 'Hollard's Gold' (Bear's breeches 'Hollard's Gold')
Acanthus mollis 'Summer Beauty' (Bear's breeches 'Summer Beauty')
Acanthus mollis 'Tasmanian Angel' (Bear's breeches 'Tasmanian Angel')
Acanthus mollis Latifolius Group 'Rue Ledan' (Bear's breeches 'Rue Ledan')
Acanthus spinosus (Spiny bear's breeches)