Acanthaceae
Marsh barbel
Hygrophila auriculata
- Family
- Acanthaceae
- Genus
- Hygrophila
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Common names
By language (6)
- Bangla
- গোকুলকাঁটা, স্হুলমর্দন
- Burmese
- ဆူးပဒေါင်း
- English
- Marsh barbel
- Kannada
- ಕೊಳವಳಿಕೆ
- Malayalam
- Astercantha longifolia, കാരച്ചുള്ളി, കോകിലാക്ഷ, വയൽ ചുള്ളി, വയൽച്ചുള്ളി
- Punjabi
- ਕੋਕਿਲਾਖਸ਼ਾ
Synonyms
- Asteracantha auriculata Nees
- Asteracantha lindaviana De Wild. & T.Durand
- Asteracantha longifolia (L.) Nees
- Asteracantha macracantha Hochst. ex A.Rich.
- Bahel schulli Buch.-Ham.
- Barleria auriculata Schumach.
- Barleria cornigera Very ex Nees
- Barleria glabrata Vahl ex Nees
- Barleria hexacantha Bertol.
- Barleria hexacantha Moris
- Barleria longifolia L.
- Barleria macracantha R.Br.
- Barleria spinosa Hook. ex Nees
- Hygrophila lindaviana (De Wild. & T.Durand) Burkill
- Hygrophila longifolia (L.) Kurz
- Hygrophila longifolia var. palaticolorata Kuntze
- Hygrophila schulli M.R.Almeida & S.M.Almeida
- Hygrophila schulli var. alba Parmar
- Hygrophila spinosa T.Anderson
- Ruellia longifolia (L.) Roxb.
- Tenoria undulata Dehnh.
Photos
Photo: J.M.Garg, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: gailhampshire from Cradley, Malvern, U.K, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Dick Culbert from Gibsons, B.C., Canada, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Dinesh Valke from Thane, India, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Dinesh Valke from Thane, India, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Yercaud-elango, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Yercaud-elango, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Yercaud-elango, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Dinesh Valke from Thane, India, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Dinesh Valke from Thane, India, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Dinesh Valke from Thane, India, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
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.