Plantaginaceae
Blue waterhyssop
Bacopa caroliniana
- Family
- Plantaginaceae
- Genus
- Bacopa
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Common names
By language (8)
- Arabic
- باكوبا كارولينية
- arz
- باكوبا كارولينيه
- Belarusian
- Бакопа каралінская
- Chinese
- 卡羅萊納過長沙, 卡莱罗纳假马齿苋, 巴戈草, 虎耳
- English
- Blue waterhyssop
- lzh
- 虎耳
- Norwegian Bokmål
- Herpestes amplexicaulis, Herpestes caroliniana
- Thai
- ลานไพลิน
Synonyms
- Bacopa amplexicaulis (Michx.) Wettst.
- Herpestis amplexicaulis (Michx.) Pursh
- Herpestis caroliniana Britton, Sterns & Poggenb.
- Hydrotrida caroliniana (Walter) Small
- Hydrotrida crenulata (Small) Small
- Macuillamia amplexicaulis (Michx.) Raf.
- Moniera amplexicaulis Michx.
- Moniera caroliniana Kuntze
- Moniera crenulata Small
- Monniera amplexicaulis Michx.
- Monniera crenulata Small
- Obolaria caroliniana Walter
- Septilia caroliniana (Walter) Small
- Septilia crenulata (Small) Small
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: native
Photos
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Photo: User:BotBln, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
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Photo: Krzystzof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Krzystzof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Krzystzof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Krzystzof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Daderot, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Photo by David J. Stang, CC BY-SA 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.