Plantaginaceae
Limnophila
Limnophila aromatica
- Family
- Plantaginaceae
- Genus
- Limnophila
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Common names
By language (9)
- Arabic
- عشبة الأرز
- Bulgarian
- Ароматна лимнофила
- Burmese
- ရေသရက်ကင်း
- Chinese
- 紫苏草, 紫蘇草, 双漫草, 拟紫苏草, 止咳草, 水芙蓉, 麻省草, 中华石龙尾
- English
- Limnophila, Rice paddy herb, Finger grass
- Finnish
- Tuoksukidusruoho
- Korean
- 소엽풀
- Thai
- ผักแขยง
- Vietnamese
- Ngò ôm, Mò om, Ngò om, Ngổ om
Synonyms
- Ambulia aromatica Lam.
- Ambulia gratissima (Blume) Nakai ex Furumi
- Antirrhinum aquaticum Lour.
- Gratiola aromatica (Lam.) Pers.
- Limnophila aromaticoides Y.P.Yang & S.H.Yen
- Limnophila chamaedrifolia G.Don
- Limnophila chinensis subsp. aromatica (Lam.) T.Yamaz.
- Limnophila gratissima Blume
- Limnophila punctata Blume
- Limnophila punctata var. subracemosa Benth.
- Stemodia punctata F.Muell.
- Terebinthina aromatica (Lam.) Kuntze
- Terebinthina aromatica var. punctata (Blume) Kuntze
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Annual, Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: introduced, Pacific Basin: native
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Greg Tasney, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Emilia Murray, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Nguyễn Thanh Quang, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Vinayaraj, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Vinayaraj, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Vinayaraj, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Vinayaraj, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Vinayaraj, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Vinayaraj, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Vinayaraj, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Vinayaraj, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Vinayaraj, CC BY-SA 3.0, 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.