Melastomataceae
Pearlflower
Heterocentron subtriplinervium
- Family
- Melastomataceae
- Genus
- Heterocentron
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Common names
By language (2)
- Chinese
- 紫叶裂距花
- English
- Pearlflower
Synonyms
- Arthrostema subtriplinervium (Link & Otto) Mart.
- Heeria axillaris Cogn.
- Heeria macrostachya Triana
- Heeria rosea Triana
- Heeria subtriplinervia (Link & Otto) Triana
- Heeria undulata Triana
- Heterocentron alpestre Naudin
- Heterocentron axillare Naudin
- Heterocentron floribundum Gleason
- Heterocentron hondurense Gleason
- Heterocentron hondurensis Gleason
- Heterocentron macrostachyum Naudin
- Heterocentron mexicana Hook. & Arn.
- Heterocentron roseum A.Braun & C.D.Bouché
- Heterocentron undulatum Naudin
- Heteronoma mexicanum Benth.
- Heteronoma subtriplinervium (Link & Otto) DC.
- Melastoma subtriplinervium Link & Otto
- Rhexia fragilis Bertol.
- Tibouchina macrostachya Baill.
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Shrub, Subshrub
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Hawaii: introduced
Photos
Photo: Forest & Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Forest & Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Forest & Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Forest & Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Forest & Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Forest & Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Forest & Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Forest & Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Forest & Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Forest & Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Forest & Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Forest & Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0, 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.