Melastomataceae
Pinkfringe
Arthrostemma ciliatum
- Family
- Melastomataceae
- Genus
- Arthrostemma
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Common names
By language (2)
- Chinese
- 锦鹿丹
- English
- Pinkfringe
Synonyms
- Arthrostema fragile Lindl.
- Arthrostema volubile (Naudin) Triana
- Arthrostemma campanulare (Naudin) Triana
- Arthrostemma grandiflorum Markgr.
- Arthrostemma macrodesmum Gleason ex R.O.Williams
- Heteronoma campanulare Naudin
- Heteronoma ciliatum (Pav. ex D.Don) Naudin
- Heteronoma cubense Naudin
- Heteronoma diversifolium (Bonpl.) DC.
- Heteronoma diversifolium Benth.
- Heteronoma diversifolium var. rubiginosum Ram.Goyena
- Heteronoma diversifolium var. rubijinosa Ram.Goyena
- Heteronoma galeottianum Naudin
- Heteronoma goudotianum Naudin
- Heteronoma volubile Naudin
- Melastoma volubile Bonpl. ex Triana
- Rhexia diversifolia Bonpl.
- Rhexia inaequalifolia DC.
- Tibouchina fragilis Baill.
- Tibouchina heteronoma M.Gómez
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Hawaii: introduced
Photos
Photo: Forest & Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Forest & Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Forest & Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Forest & Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Dick Culbert from Gibsons, B.C., Canada, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Cjziems, CC BY 4.0, 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.