Saururaceae
Chameleon
Houttuynia cordata
- Family
- Saururaceae
- Genus
- Houttuynia
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Common names
By language (25)
- arz
- هوتوينيا كورداتا
- Bangla
- হ্ররদপত্র
- Burmese
- ကြေးညှီရွက်, ပုစွန်ခြေကြွေ
- Chinese
- 蕺菜, 魚腥草, 鱼腥草, 侧耳根, 狗贴耳, 臭腥草, 蕺菜, 鱼腥草, 蕺菜（鱼腥草）
- Czech
- Touleň srdčitá, Touleň srdcolistá
- English
- Chameleon, Bishop's weed, Lizard tail
- Finnish
- Viherkameleonttilehti, Kameleonttilehti
- French
- Plante caméléon, Plante cameleon, Vap ca
- German
- Chinesischer Eidechsenschwanz, Eidechsenschwanz, Herzförmige Houttuynie, Molchschwanz
- hak
- Gieuˋ diabˋ ngiˋ, Gieu^ diabˋ mi^, Gieuˊ diab ngiˊ, Gieuˋ diabˋ miˋ
- hsb
- Wšědna barbuměnjerka
- Indonesian
- Amis-amisan
- Japanese
- ドクダミ, ギョセイソウ, ジュウヤク, ドクダミソウ, ドクダミ属, 十薬, 重薬, 魚腥草
- Korean
- 약모밀, 약메밀, 어성초, 즙채
- lzh
- 蕺
- nan
- Hî-chho-chháu, Hî-tsho-tsháu, Chhàu-chho-chháu, Tshàu-tsho-tsháu
- Persian
- دم مارمولک
- Polish
- Pstrolistka sercowata
- Portuguese
- Houttuynia
- shn
- ၽၵ်းၶႅဝ်းတွင်း, ၽၵ်းၶွႆႈ
- Slovak
- Hutínia srdcovitá
- Spanish
- Houttuynia
- Swedish
- Ödleblad, Ödlebladssläktet
- Thai
- คาวทอง, ผักคาวทอง
- Vietnamese
- Giấp cá, Diếp cá, Cây giấp cá, Dấp cá, Lá giấp, Rau diếp cá, Rau dấp cá
Synonyms
- Houttuynia cordata f. polypetaloidea T.Yamaz.
- Houttuynia cordata f. viridis J.Ohara
- Houttuynia cordata var. plena Makino
- Houttuynia cordata var. variegata Makino
- Houttuynia emeiensis Z.Y.Zhu & S.L.Zhang
- Houttuynia foetida G.Don
- Polypara cochinchinensis Lour.
- Polypara cordata (Thunb.) H.Buek
- Polypara cordata Kuntze
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: introduced
Photos
Photo: Agnieszka Kwiecień, Nova, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: The original uploader was Zhuwq at Chinese Wikipedia ., CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Rudolphous, CC BY-SA 4.0, 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.