Linderniaceae
Yellowseed false pimpernel
Lindernia dubia
- Family
- Linderniaceae
- Genus
- Lindernia
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Common names
By language (6)
- Chinese
- 北美母草, 美洲母草
- Czech
- Puštička pochybná
- Dutch
- Schijngenadekruid
- English
- Yellowseed false pimpernel
- German
- Großes Büchsenkraut
- Slovenian
- Dvomljiva lindernija
Synonyms
- Ambulia alata Raf.
- Ambulia psilosa Raf.
- Capraria gratioloides L.
- Gratiola anagallidea Michx.
- Gratiola attenuata (Muhl. ex Elliott) Spreng.
- Gratiola dilatata Muhl. ex Spreng.
- Gratiola domingensis C.F.Gaertn.
- Gratiola dubia L.
- Gratiola inaequalis Walter
- Gratiola tetragona Elliott
- Herpestis callitrichoides Kunth
- Ilysanthes dubia (L.) Barnhart
- Ilysanthes gratioloides Benth.
- Lindernia dubia subsp. dubia
- Morgania callitrichoides (Kunth) Spreng.
Flowers
- In flower
- July to September (from 824 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Annual, Biennial
- In the US and Canada
- Canada: native, Lower 48 states: native, Puerto Rico: native
Photos
FlowerPhoto: aarongunnar, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: M. Whitson, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: chrischalfant, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Alex Abair, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Jaime McGuigan, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Show_ryu, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Jeff Clark, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Fritzflohrreynolds, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Patrick Alexander from Las Cruces, NM, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Ayotte, Gilles, 1948-, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Pablo Cauã da Silva Toledo, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Ayotte, Gilles, 1948-, 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.