Hypoxidaceae
Palm-grass
Curculigo capitulata
- Family
- Hypoxidaceae
- Genus
- Curculigo
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Common names
By language (5)
- Bangla
- বিডরি পাতা, ছাতিপাতা
- Chinese
- 大叶仙茅, 船仔草, 假槟榔树, 大地棕根, 头花仙茅, 野棕
- English
- Palm-grass, Palm grass
- Malay
- Lumbah merah
- Spanish
- Palma crepe
Synonyms
- Curculigo foliisvariegatis Pynaert
- Curculigo fuziwarae Yamam.
- Curculigo glabra Merr.
- Curculigo recurvata W.T.Aiton
- Curculigo recurvata var. variegatea W.Bull
- Curculigo strobiliformis D.Fang & D.H.Qin
- Curculigo sumatrana Roxb.
- Leucojum capitulatum Lour.
- Molineria capitulata (Lour.) Herb.
- Molineria hortensis Britton
- Molineria plicata Colla
- Molineria recurvata (W.T.Aiton) Herb.
- Molineria sulcata Kurz
- Molineria sumatrana (Roxb.) Herb.
- Tupistra esquirolii H.Lév. & Vaniot
- Veratrum mairei H.Lév.
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: introduced, Puerto Rico: introduced
Photos
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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.