Scrophulariaceae
White alling
Bontia daphnoides
- Family
- Scrophulariaceae
- Genus
- Bontia
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Common names
By language (2)
- Chinese
- 假瑞香
- English
- White alling
Synonyms
- Bontia daphnoides var. minor (C.F.Gaertn.) A.DC.
- Bontia minor C.F.Gaertn.
- Regina gallorum Buc'hoz
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Shrub, Tree
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: native, Puerto Rico: native, U.S. Virgin Islands: native
Photos
Photo: Forest and Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Stuart Cable, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Forest & Kim Starr, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: laurent petit, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Keith Seifert, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: D.Eickhoff, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: pdelafontaine, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Don Loarie, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: David Eickhoff from Pearl City, Hawaii, USA, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: Olivier Chiodi, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Sam Droege, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: David Eickhoff from Pearl City, Hawaii, USA, 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); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.