Molluginaceae
Lotus sweetjuice
Glinus lotoides
- Family
- Molluginaceae
- Genus
- Glinus
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Common names
By language (11)
- Amharic
- መተሬ
- Arabic
- مغيرة, حشيشة البساط, خبيزة, غبيرة
- Bangla
- আলুঘাস | দশেরা শাক
- Bulgarian
- Глинус
- Chinese
- 星粟草, 虎咬癀, 星毛粟米草, 虎咬瘸, 小花星粟草
- English
- Lotus sweetjuice
- ff
- Rubbundehi
- Finnish
- Hopeamehukki
- Persian
- شیرینه
- Tamil
- கிளினசு லோடோய்டேசு
- Vietnamese
- Rau đắng lông
Synonyms
- Doosera esculenta Roxb. ex Wight & Arn.
- Glinus astrolasion Zipp. ex Span.
- Glinus dictamnoides Burm.f.
- Glinus lotoides subsp. hirtus (Thunb.) M.R.Almeida
- Glinus lotoides var. dictamnoides (Burm.f.) Maire
- Glinus lotoides var. lotoides
- Glinus lotoides var. macrantha Pitot ex Täckh. & Boulos
- Glinus lotoides var. micrantha Pitot ex Täckh. & Boulos
- Glinus lotoides var. pedicellatus Domin
- Glinus micranthus Boiss.
- Glinus ononoides Burm.f.
- Glinus parviflorus Wall.
- Mollugo glinus A.Rich.
- Mollugo hirta Thunb.
- Mollugo hirta var. lotoides (L.) C.B.Clarke
- Mollugo lotoides C.B.Clarke
- Mollugo lotoides (Loefl.) Kuntze
- Pharnaceum hirtum Spreng.
Flowers
- In flower
- April to May, July to February (from 40 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Annual
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: introduced
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Dinesh Valke, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Duarte Frade, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Ruth Palsson, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Mark Marathon, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Lucas Christofides, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist Photo: Anushka, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Lucas Christofides, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Mark Marathon, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: Sumit Bhowmick, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Lucas Christofides, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Mark Marathon, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: jeb_, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF
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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.