Gentianaceae
Canscora diffusa
- Family
- Gentianaceae
- Genus
- Canscora
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Common names
By language (1)
- Chinese
- 鋪地穿心草, 铺地穿心草
Synonyms
- Canscora decurrens Dalzell
- Canscora diffusa var. tenella C.B.Clarke
- Canscora divaricata Miq. ex C.B.Clarke
- Canscora foliosa D.Don
- Canscora khandalensis Santapau
- Canscora kirkii N.E.Br.
- Canscora lancifolia Miq. ex C.B.Clarke
- Canscora lauri C.B.Clarke
- Canscora lawii Wight
- Canscora pusilla Schult. & Schult.f.
- Canscora rubiflora X.X.Chen
- Canscora sanjappae Diwakar & R.Kr.Singh
- Canscora tenella Wall.
- Canscora tenella Wall. ex Wight
- Cobamba dichotoma Blanco
- Exacum diffusum (Vahl) Willd.
- Exacum erectum (R.Br.) Roth
- Exacum tenellum Wall.
- Gentiana diffusa Vahl
- Orthostemon erectus R.Br.
- Orthostemon huegelii Griseb.
- Orthostemon kirkii N.E.Br.
- Pladera pusilla Roxb.
- Pladera virgata Roxb.
- Striga esquirolii H.Lév.
Flowers
- In flower
- October to January (from 31 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Cheng-Te Hsu, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Dinesh Valke, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Pratik Pramod Mestry, CC0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Dinesh Valke, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Marco Schmidt [1], CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Dinesh Valke from Thane, India, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: prasadnayak2002, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Dinesh Valke from Thane, India, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Dinesh Valke from Thane, India, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Ravuri Krishna Chaitanya, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Dinesh Valke from Thane, India, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Dinesh Valke from Thane, India, CC BY-SA 2.0, 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). About our plant data.