Balanophoraceae
Balanophora laxiflora
- Family
- Balanophoraceae
- Genus
- Balanophora
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Common names
By language (1)
- Chinese
- 疏花蛇菰, 穗花蛇菰, 山菠萝, 石上莲, 通天蜡烛, 鹿仙草, 台湾蛇菰, 皱球蛇菰
Synonyms
- Acroblastum hexamerum (Tiegh.) Setch.
- Acroblastum parvius (Hayata) Setch. & Yamam.
- Acroblastum spicatum (Hayata) Setch.
- Balania formosana (Hayata) Masam.
- Balania parvior (Hayata) Masam.
- Balania spicata (Hayata) Masam.
- Balanophora formosana Hayata
- Balanophora hexamera (Tiegh.) Lecomte
- Balanophora hongkongensis K.M.Lau, N.H.Li & S.Y.Hu
- Balanophora morisonicola Hayata
- Balanophora oshimae Yamam.
- Balanophora parvior Hayata
- Balanophora rugosa P.C.Tam
- Balanophora spicata Hayata
- Balanophora taiwaniana S.S.Ying
- Polyplethia formosana (Hayata) Nakai
- Polyplethia hexamera Tiegh.
- Polyplethia minor Nakai
- Polyplethia morrisonicola (Hayata) Nakai
- Polyplethia oshimae (Yamam.) Yamam.
- Polyplethia parvior (Hayata) Yamam.
- Polyplethia spicata (Hayata) Nakai
Flowers
- In flower
- August to January (from 113 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Agnes Trekker, CC0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: 許文俊, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: 呂一起(Lyu yi-chi), CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Cheng-Te Hsu, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist ![Balanophora laxiflora: 香港蛇菰 Balanophora hongkongensis [香港公園 Hong Kong Park]](https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ac/%E9%A6%99%E6%B8%AF%E8%9B%87%E8%8F%B0_Balanophora_hongkongensis_-%E9%A6%99%E6%B8%AF%E5%85%AC%E5%9C%92_Hong_Kong_Park-_%289261991600%29.jpg/500px-%E9%A6%99%E6%B8%AF%E8%9B%87%E8%8F%B0_Balanophora_hongkongensis_-%E9%A6%99%E6%B8%AF%E5%85%AC%E5%9C%92_Hong_Kong_Park-_%289261991600%29.jpg)
Photo: 阿橋 HQ, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Tzu-Neng Yuan, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: 黃美滿, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Cynthia Su, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: 許文俊, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: 許文俊, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: 黃美滿, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Cheng-Te Hsu, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
![Balanophora laxiflora: 香港蛇菰 Balanophora hongkongensis [香港公園 Hong Kong Park]](https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ac/%E9%A6%99%E6%B8%AF%E8%9B%87%E8%8F%B0_Balanophora_hongkongensis_-%E9%A6%99%E6%B8%AF%E5%85%AC%E5%9C%92_Hong_Kong_Park-_%289261991600%29.jpg/1280px-%E9%A6%99%E6%B8%AF%E8%9B%87%E8%8F%B0_Balanophora_hongkongensis_-%E9%A6%99%E6%B8%AF%E5%85%AC%E5%9C%92_Hong_Kong_Park-_%289261991600%29.jpg)
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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). About our plant data.