{{Short description|Plant species}} {{Use dmy dates|date=January 2023}} {{Speciesbox | image = Dicliptera brachiata - iNaturalist Photo 244172966, (c) Luis Rubio-Yépez, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by Luis Rubio-Yépez.jpg | image_caption = [[Magdalena Department]], Colombia, 2022 | genus = Dicliptera | species = brachiata | authority = [[Spreng.]] }}
'''''Dicliptera brachiata''''' ('''false mint, wild mudwort, branched foldwing''') is a [[species]] of plant in the family [[Acanthaceae]].<ref name="inaturalist-Dicliptera brachiata">{{cite web |title=False Mint (Dicliptera brachiata) |url=https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/161826-Dicliptera-brachiata |website=iNaturalist |access-date=2022-10-08 |language=en-US}}</ref> It is an [[herbaceous]] [[perennial]] native to North America, ranging from the eastern United States to Central America.<ref name="powo-Dicliptera brachiata">{{cite web |title= Dicliptera brachiata Spreng. |url=https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:79689-2#source-KBD |website= Plants of the World Online |access-date=2022-10-08 |language=en-US}}</ref>
==Description== ''Dicliptera brachiata'' grows 0.3–1.0 m tall and has simple ovate leaves. The leaves are smooth, [[glabrous]], and pinnately veined with entire margins.<ref name="lbjwildflower- Dicliptera brachiata">{{cite web |title = Plant Database: Dicliptera brachiata |url=https://explorer.natureserve.org/Taxon/ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.152221/Dicliptera_brachiata |website = Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center |access-date=2022-10-08 |language=en-US}}</ref>
==Taxonomy== ''Dicliptera brachiata'' contains the following varieties: * ''Dicliptera brachiata'' var. ''glandulosa''<ref name="inaturalist-Dicliptera brachiata" /> * ''Dicliptera brachiata'' var. ''attenuata''<ref name="inaturalist-Dicliptera brachiata" /> * ''Dicliptera brachiata'' var. ''ruthii''<ref name="inaturalist-Dicliptera brachiata" />
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[[Category:Dicliptera|brachiata]] [[Category:Plants described in 1824]] [[Category:Flora of Northern America]]
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