Acanthaceae
Blue-sage
Eranthemum pulchellum
- Family
- Acanthaceae
- Genus
- Eranthemum
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Common names
By language (6)
- Bangla
- কালোবাসক
- Chinese
- 可愛花, 可爱花, 喜花草, 爱春花, 蓝花仔, 鼠妇画眉草
- English
- Blue-sage
- Finnish
- Korukäpy
- Japanese
- ルリハナガサ
- Nepali
- निल गाठे
Synonyms
- Daedalacanthus nervosus (Vahl) T.Anderson
- Daedalacanthus scaber T.Anderson
- Daedalacanthus varians (Vent.) Voss
- Eranthemum aspersum Hook.f.
- Eranthemum asperum Hook.f.
- Eranthemum edgeworthianum Nees
- Eranthemum grandiflorum Zipp. ex Span.
- Eranthemum nervosum (Vahl) R.Br. ex Roem. & Schult.
- Eranthemum nervosum var. scabrum Nees
- Eranthemum pulchellum var. varians (Vent.) Vent.
- Eranthemum scabrum Wall. ex T.Anderson
- Eranthemum varians Billb.
- Fittonia verschaffeltii var. pearsei G.Nicholson
- Justicia bicolor Sims
- Justicia colorata Vahl ex Nees
- Justicia nervosa Vahl
- Pseuderanthemum asperum (Hook.f.) Radlk.
- Pseuderanthemum pulchellum (Andrews) Merr.
- Ruellia varians Vent.
- Siphoneranthemum nervosum Kuntze
- Upudalia pulchella (Andrews) Raf.
Flowers
- In flower
- November to April (from 58 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Shrub
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: introduced
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Lukas Krug, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: portioid, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Dinesh Valke, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: naturewatchwidow, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Smriti S., CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Tatiana Gerus, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: Tek Mighi, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Yoannis Domínguez, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Plooth, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: kumar Bhimsen, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: naturewatchwidow, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Photo by David J. Stang, CC BY-SA 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.