Rubiaceae
Corrida yerba de guava
Geophila repens
- Family
- Rubiaceae
- Genus
- Geophila
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Common names
By language (2)
- Chinese
- 出山虎, 爱地草
- English
- Corrida yerba de guava
Synonyms
- Carinta repens (L.) L.B.Sm. & Downs
- Carinta repens (L.) Bremek.
- Carinta repens var. americana Bremek.
- Cephaelis reniformis Kunth
- Geocardia repens (L.) Bakh.f.
- Geophila reniformis (Kunth) Cham. & Schltdl.
- Geophila reniformis var. americana Cham. & Schltdl.
- Geophila violacea (Aubl.) DC.
- Psychotria repens (L.) L.
- Psychotria violacea Aubl.
- Rondeletia repens L.
- Uragoga reniformis (Kunth) Baill.
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Pacific Basin: native, Puerto Rico: native, U.S. Virgin Islands: native
Photos
Photo: C T Johansson, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Hans Hillewaert, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Daderot, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Vengolis, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Vengolis, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Dick Culbert from Gibsons, B.C., Canada, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Franz Xaver, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Franz Xaver, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Franz Xaver, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Franz Xaver, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Rison Thumboor from Thrissur, India, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Rison Thumboor from Thrissur, India, 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.