Caryophyllaceae
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Drymaria cordata
- Family
- Caryophyllaceae
- Genus
- Drymaria
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Common names
By language (4)
- Chinese
- 荷莲豆草, 荷蓮豆草, 二蕊荷莲豆草（荷莲豆）, 荷莲豆草（荷莲豆）, 荷莲豆菜, 串莲草, 二蕊荷莲豆草, 水荷兰
- English
- Whitesnow
- Indonesian
- Cemplonan
- Malayalam
- പിപ്പിലി
Synonyms
- Alsine media Vell.
- Alsine rotundifolia Stokes
- Bufonia rotundifolia Buch.-Ham. ex Steud.
- Drymaria adenophora Urb.
- Drymaria cordata subsp. cordata
- Drymaria cordata var. cordata
- Drymaria cordata var. diandra (Sw.) Griseb.
- Drymaria cordata var. pacifica M.Mizush.
- Drymaria cordata var. puberula Triana & Planch.
- Drymaria diandra (Sw.) Macfad.
- Drymaria procumbens Rose
- Drymaria sessilifolia Fiori
- Holosteum cordatum L.
- Holosteum diandrum Sw.
- Stellaria adenophora (Urb.) León
Flowers
- In flower
- June, September to April (from 212 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Annual
- In the US and Canada
- Hawaii: introduced, Lower 48 states: native, Puerto Rico: native, U.S. Virgin Islands: native
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Douglas Goldman, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Galilea _Tovar, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Yung-Lun Lin, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Yung-Lun Lin, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Krish Dulal, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Alex Popovkin, Bahia, Brazil from Brazil, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: natalie, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Alex Popovkin, Bahia, Brazil from Brazil, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Margaret Burger, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Alex Popovkin, Bahia, Brazil from Brazil, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Dominic Gentilcore, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Alex Popovkin, Bahia, Brazil from Brazil, CC BY 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); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.