Plantaginaceae
Indian marshweed
Limnophila indica
- Family
- Plantaginaceae
- Genus
- Limnophila
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Common names
By language (3)
- Arabic
- ليمنوفيلاانديكا, أمبوليا
- Chinese
- 有梗石龍尾, 有梗石龙尾, 轮叶石龙尾, 石龍尾, 菊藻
- English
- Indian marshweed
Synonyms
- Ambulia gratioloides Baill. ex Wettst.
- Ambulia indica (L.) W.Wight
- Ambulia stipitata Hayata
- Ambulia trichophylla Kom.
- Columnea balsamea Roxb.
- Gratiola chamaedrifolia Lam.
- Gratiola trifida Willd.
- Hottonia indica L.
- Hydropityon pedunculatum Ser.
- Hydropityon zeylanica C.F.Gaertn.
- Limnophila benthamiana Miq. ex Hook.f.
- Limnophila elongata Benth.
- Limnophila gratioloides R.Br.
- Limnophila gratioloides var. nana Skan
- Limnophila myriophylloides Roth
- Limnophila myriophylloides var. serrulata Roth
- Limnophila roxburghii Benth.
- Limnophila stipitata (Hayata) Makino & Nemoto
- Limnophila trichophylla (Kom.) Kom.
- Limnophila trifida Spreng.
- Terebinthina indica (L.) Kuntze
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: introduced, Pacific Basin: native
Photos
Photo: Dinesh Valke from Thane, India, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Siddarth Machado, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Ruppia2000, CC BY-SA 3.0, 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
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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.