Acanthaceae
Water-Wisteria
Hygrophila difformis
- Family
- Acanthaceae
- Genus
- Hygrophila
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Common names
By language (1)
- English
- Water-Wisteria, Hygrophila
Synonyms
- Adenosma uliginosa (L.f.) Nees
- Cardanthera difformis (L.f.) Druce
- Cardanthera glutinosa Buch.-Ham. ex Nees
- Cardanthera triflora (Nees) Buch.-Ham. ex Voigt
- Cardanthera uliginosa Buch.-Ham. ex Nees
- Cardanthera uliginosa var. birbhumensis Guha
- Cardanthera uliginosa var. birbhumensis Guha Bakshi
- Hygrophila heinei Sreem.
- Hygrophila heinei var. birbhumensis (Guha Bakshi) H.B.Naithani & S.Biswas
- Hygrophila helodes Heine
- Hygrophila pseudopolysperma E.Hossain
- Hygrophila triflora (Nees) Fosberg & Sachet
- Ruellia difformis L.f.
- Ruellia obovata Buch.-Ham.
- Ruellia tanacetifolia Vahl ex Nees
- Ruellia triflora (Nees) Roxb.
- Ruellia uliginosa L.f.
- Ruellia uliginosa Mart. ex Nees
- Synnema triflorum (Nees) Kuntze
- Synnema uliginosum (L.f.) Kuntze
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: introduced
Photos
Photo: Vengolis, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Vengolis, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Kephalian, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
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Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, 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.