Acanthaceae
Yerba de hicotea
Hygrophila costata
- Family
- Acanthaceae
- Genus
- Hygrophila
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Common names
By language (2)
- Chinese
- 显脉水蓑衣, 盖亚纳柳叶
- English
- Yerba de hicotea, Gulf swampweed
Synonyms
- Blepharis verticillata F.Heyne ex Wall.
- Calophanes cubensis A.Rich.
- Dipteracanthus brasiliensis (Spreng.) C.Presl
- Eberlea glomerata Riddell ex Nees
- Ecbolium lithospermifolium (Vahl) Kuntze
- Hygrophila atricheta Bridar.
- Hygrophila brasiliensis Lindau
- Hygrophila brasiliensis Spreng.
- Hygrophila brasiliensis (Spreng.) Lindau
- Hygrophila costata var. angustifolia Nees
- Hygrophila costata var. angustifolia Nees
- Hygrophila costata var. aucta Nees
- Hygrophila costata var. aucta Nees
- Hygrophila costata var. strobilantha Nees
- Hygrophila guianensis var. angustior Nees
- Hygrophila helodes Nees
- Hygrophila helodes var. multiflora Nees
- Hygrophila hispida Nees
- Hygrophila lacustris (Schltdl. & Cham.) Nees
- Hygrophila latifolia Nees
- Hygrophila portoricensis Nees
- Hygrophila pubescens Nees
- Hygrophila pubescens var. atricheta (Bridar.) G.Dawson
- Hygrophila pubescens var. atricheta (Bridar.) G.Dawson
- Hygrophila rivularis Nees
- Justicia costata Mart. ex Nees
- Justicia lithospermifolia Vahl
- Justicia marrubiastrum Blanch. ex Nees
- Pedicularis sessilis Vell.
- Ruellia brasiliensis Spreng.
- Ruellia brasiliensis Mart. ex Nees
- Ruellia filicifolia Salzm. ex Nees
- Ruellia hispida Rich. ex Nees
- Ruellia justiciiflora Hook.
- Ruellia lacustris Schltdl. & Cham.
- Ruellia rivularis Schltdl.
- Ruellia salicifolia Bertero ex Nees
- Ruellia salicifolia Salzm. ex Nees
- Ruellia verticillata Wall.
- Ruellia verticilliflora Steud.
and 5 more.
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: native, Puerto Rico: native
Photos
Photo: Andrés González, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Dr. Alexey Yakovlev, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Dr. Alexey Yakovlev, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Andrés, G., CC BY 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.