Gesneriaceae

Asteranthera ovata (Cav.) Hanst.

Family: Gesneriaceae
Genus: Asteranthera

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Asteranthera ovata (Asteranthera ovata) — FlowerPhoto: Cesar Ormazabal, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist

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Common names

By language (1)

Chinese: 盔瓣岩桐

Synonyms

Asteranthera chiloensis Klotzsch ex Hanst.
Columnea ovata Cav.

Flowers

In flower: December to March (from 106 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)

Photos

FlowerPhoto: Cesar Ormazabal, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
FlowerPhoto: Nicolas Olejnik, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
FlowerPhoto: Santiago Martín-Bravo, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
FlowerPhoto: Frank Dietze, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Luis Ibarra, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Gabriela Cartes, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: pabloendemico, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: F. Bemmerlein-Lux, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Jason Hollinger, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Jason Hollinger, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Matt Berger, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Jason Hollinger, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons

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). About our plant data.