Acanthaceae
Indian swampweed
Hygrophila polysperma
- Family
- Acanthaceae
- Genus
- Hygrophila
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Hygrophila polyspermaAcanthaceae
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Common names
By language (6)
- Bulgarian
- Индийска водна звезда
- Chinese
- 小狮子草, 小獅子草
- English
- Indian swampweed, Dwarf hygrophila
- German
- Indischer Wasserfreund
- Russian
- Гигрофила многосеменная
- Spanish
- Hemidelphis polysperma
Synonyms
- Hemiadelphis polysperma (Roxb.) Nees
- Hemiadelphis polysperma var. joshiana Prak.Rao & S.N.Biswas
- Hemigraphis tonkinensis Lindau
- Hygrophila polysperma f. albiflora Kuntze
- Hygrophila polysperma f. coerulea Kuntze
- Justicia polysperma Roxb.
- Ruellia uliginosa Wall.
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Annual, Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: introduced
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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.