Commelinaceae
Climbing flower cup
Floscopa scandens
- Family
- Commelinaceae
- Genus
- Floscopa
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Common names
By language (2)
- Chinese
- 聚花草, 蔓蘘荷, 大祥竹篙草, 小竹叶菜, 水竹菜, 水草, 竹叶草
- English
- Climbing flower cup
Synonyms
- Aneilema asperum Buch.-Ham. ex Wall.
- Aneilema cymosum (Blume) Kunth
- Aneilema densiflorum (Blume) Kunth
- Aneilema hispidum D.Don
- Commelina cymosa Blume
- Commelina densiflora Blume
- Commelina hamiltonii Spreng.
- Commelina hispida (D.Don) Ham. ex Spreng.
- Dithyrocarpus meyenianus Kunth
- Dithyrocarpus paniculatus (Roxb.) Kunth
- Dithyrocarpus petiolatus Wight
- Dithyrocarpus rothii Wight
- Dithyrocarpus rufus (C.Presl) Kunth
- Dithyrocarpus undulatus Wight
- Floscopa hamiltonii (Spreng.) Hassk.
- Floscopa meyeniana Hassk.
- Floscopa paniculata (Roxb.) Hassk.
- Floscopa petiolata (Wight) Hassk.
- Floscopa rufa (C.Presl) Hassk.
- Floscopa scandens var. vaginivillosa R.H.Miao
- Floscopa undulata Hassk.
- Lamprodithyros paniculatus (Roxb.) Hassk.
- Tradescantia geniculata Blanco
- Tradescantia paniculata Roxb.
- Tradescantia rufa C.Presl
Flowers
- In flower
- October to December (from 60 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Photos
FlowerPhoto: 葉子, CC0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Dinesh Valke, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Yung-Lun Lin, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Dinesh Valke, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: 黃美滿, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Anurag N. Sharma, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: JcliuNCNU, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Anurag N. Sharma, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Toby Y, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Anurag N. Sharma, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Ashwin, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Dinesh Valke from Thane, India, CC BY-SA 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). About our plant data.