Rubiaceae
Eared starviolet
Exallage auricularia
- Family
- Rubiaceae
- Genus
- Exallage
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Common names
By language (2)
- Chinese
- 细叶亚婆潮, 连山耳草, 铺地毡草
- English
- Eared starviolet
Synonyms
- Dimetia auricularia (L.) R.J.Wang
- Hedyotis auricularia L.
- Hedyotis auricularia subsp. venosa (Blume) Deb
- Hedyotis auricularia var. brevipila Fosberg & Sachet
- Hedyotis auricularia var. dispersa Fosberg & Sachet
- Hedyotis auricularia var. longipila Fosberg & Sachet
- Hedyotis auricularia var. mina W.C.Ko
- Hedyotis auricularia var. tomentella Fosberg & Sachet
- Hedyotis costata R.Br. ex G.Don
- Hedyotis crataeogonum Spreng.
- Hedyotis geniculata Roxb.
- Hedyotis hirsuta Lam.
- Hedyotis lianshanensis W.C.Ko
- Hedyotis multicaulis Schltdl. ex Hook.f.
- Hedyotis nervosa Lam.
- Hedyotis sarmentosa Craib
- Hedyotis venosa (Blume) Korth.
- Metabolos auricularius (L.) Blume ex Bremek.
- Metabolos ciliaris Blume ex Miq.
- Metabolos venosus Blume
- Oldenlandia auricularia (L.) K.Schum.
- Oldenlandia auricularia var. macrophylla Pit.
- Oldenlandia crataeogonum (Spreng.) Guillaumin
- Oldenlandia leopoldvillensis De Wild.
- Spermacoce hispida Miq. ex Hook.f.
- Spermacoce lineata Roxb.
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Pacific Basin: native
Photos

Photo: deepachandran, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Agnes Trekker, CC0, from iNaturalist
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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.