Lamiaceae
False ironwort
Hyptis capitata
- Family
- Lamiaceae
- Genus
- Hyptis
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Common names
By language (3)
- Chinese
- 吊球草, 头花吊球草, 頭花香苦草, 假走马风, 四俭草, 四方骨, 白冇骨消, 石柳
- English
- False ironwort
- Malayalam
- മിഠായിച്ചെടി
Synonyms
- Clinopodium capitatum (Jacq.) Sw.
- Hyptis capitata var. mariannarum (Briq.) Briq.
- Hyptis capitata var. mexicana Briq.
- Hyptis capitata var. pilosa Briq.
- Hyptis capitata var. vulgaris Briq.
- Hyptis celebica Zipp. ex Koord.
- Hyptis decurrens (Blanco) Epling
- Hyptis macrochila Mart. ex Steud.
- Hyptis mariannarum Briq.
- Hyptis pittieri Briq.
- Hyptis rhomboidea M.Martens & Galeotti
- Mesosphaerum capitatum (Jacq.) Kuntze
- Mesosphaerum pittieri Briq.
- Mesosphaerum rhombodeum (M.Martens & Galeotti) Kuntze
- Pycnanthemum decurrens Blanco
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb, Subshrub
- Lifespan
- Annual, Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Hawaii: introduced, Pacific Basin: introduced, Puerto Rico: native, U.S. Virgin Islands: native
Photos
Photo: Jeevan Jose, Kerala, India, 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 
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 
Photo: Dinesh Valke from Thane, India, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Rison Thumboor from Thrissur, India, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Vinayaraj, 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.