Linderniaceae
Prostrate false pimpernel
Lindernia procumbens
- Family
- Linderniaceae
- Genus
- Lindernia
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Common names
By language (1)
- English
- Prostrate false pimpernel
Flowers
- In flower
- July to September (from 52 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Annual
- In the US and Canada
- Hawaii: introduced, Lower 48 states: introduced
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Milan Chytrý, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Milan Chytrý, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Milan Chytrý, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Milan Chytrý, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Flavien Saboureau, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Show_ryu, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Lachlan Copeland, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Enrico Blasutto, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: 國立臺灣博物館, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: 國立臺灣博物館, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Erik Simons, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Юрий Данилевский (Yuriy Danilevsky), CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
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Sources: classification from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.