Acanthaceae
Oblongleaf snakeherb
Dyschoriste oblongifolia
- Family
- Acanthaceae
- Genus
- Dyschoriste
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Common names
By language (1)
- English
- Oblongleaf snakeherb
Synonyms
- Calophanes biflorus Shuttlew. ex Nees
- Calophanes oblongifolius (Michx.) D.Don
- Calophanes oblongifolius D.Don
- Calophanes oblongifolius var. acutiusculus Nees
- Dipteracanthus biflorus (L.) Nees
- Dipteracanthus oblongifolius Chapm.
- Dyschoriste oblongifolia f. glabra Kubitzki
- Dyschoriste oblongifolia var. oblongifolia
- Ruellia biflora L.
- Ruellia oblongifolia Michx.
- Ruellia parviflora Baldwin ex Nees
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: native
Photos
Photo: Geoff Gallice from Gainesville, FL, USA, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Alex Abair, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Alex Abair, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Alex Abair, CC BY 4.0, 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.