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Acanthaceae

Lepidagathis fasciculata (Retz.) Nees

Family
Acanthaceae
Genus
Lepidagathis

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Lepidagathis fasciculata: Acanthaceae (acanthus or ruellia family) » Lepidagathis fasciculata (Retz.) Nees lep-id-AG-ath-iss -- from the Greek lepis (scale) and agathis (ball of thread)
Photo: Dinesh Valke from Thane, India, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons

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Common names

By language (1)
Chinese
齿叶鳞花草, 益母草

Synonyms

  • Ruellia fasciculata Retz.

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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.