Asteraceae
Common medicineplant
Adenostemma lavenia
- Family
- Asteraceae
- Genus
- Adenostemma
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Common names
By language (3)
- Chinese
- 下田菊, 水胡椒, 汗苏麻, 牙桑西哈, 猪耳朵叶, 猪耳杂叶, 白龙须, 胖婆娘
- English
- Common medicineplant
- Japanese
- ヌマダイコン
Synonyms
- Adenostemma aquaticum D.Don
- Adenostemma elatum D.Don
- Adenostemma erectum (Sw.) DC.
- Adenostemma fastigiatum (Blume) DC.
- Adenostemma fastigiatum var. fastigiatum
- Adenostemma latifolium D.Don
- Adenostemma lavenia var. aquaticum (D.Don) Kuntze
- Adenostemma lavenia var. typicum J.Kost.
- Adenostemma lavenia var. viscosum (J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.) M.R.Almeida
- Adenostemma leiocarpum DC.
- Adenostemma macrophyllum var. repens (Blume) DC.
- Adenostemma rivale Dalz.
- Adenostemma rivale Dalzell
- Adenostemma rugosum DC.
- Adenostemma viscosum var. elatum (D.Don) C.B.Clarke
- Adenostemma viscosum var. fastigiatum (Blume) Blume ex C.B.Clarke
- Adenostemma viscosum var. latifolium (D.Don) C.B.Clarke
- Adenostemma viscosum var. microcephalum (DC.) C.B.Clarke
- Adenostemma viscosum var. trisetum Miq.
- Ageratum aquaticum (D.Don) Roxb.
- Lavenia aquatica (D.Don) Spreng.
- Lavenia divaricata Ham.DC.
- Lavenia elata (D.Don) Spreng.
- Lavenia erecta Sw.
- Lavenia fastigiata Blume
- Lavenia latifolia Spreng.
- Lavenia rugosa Wight
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Hawaii: native, Pacific Basin: native
Photos
Photo: Vinayaraj, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Dinesh Valke from Thane, India, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Dinesh Valke from Thane, India, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Dinesh Valke from Thane, India, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Dinesh Valke from Thane, India, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Dinesh Valke from Thane, India, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Dinesh Valke from Thane, India, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Dinesh Valke from Thane, India, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Dinesh Valke from Thane, India, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Dinesh Valke from Thane, India, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Dinesh Valke from Thane, India, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Dinesh Valke from Thane, India, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.