Solanaceae

Lycianthes lysimachioides (Wall.) Bitter

Family: Solanaceae
Genus: Lycianthes

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Lycianthes lysimachioides (Lycianthes lysimachioides) — FlowerPhoto: 呂一起(Lyu yi-chi), CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist

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Common names

By language (1)

Chinese: 单花红丝线, 蔓茄, 佛葵, 中华红丝线, 中華紅絲線, 单果红丝线, 台湾红丝线, 單果紅絲線

Synonyms

Lycianthes biflora subsp. lysimachioides (Wall.) Deb
Lycianthes lysimachioides var. caulorhiza (Dunal) Bitter
Lycianthes lysimachioides var. cordifolia C.Y.Wu
Lycianthes lysimachioides var. formosana Bitter
Lycianthes lysimachioides var. lysimachioides
Lycianthes lysimachioides var. purpuriflora C.Y.Wu & S.C.Huang
Lycianthes lysimachioides var. rotundifolia C.Y.Wu & S.C.Huang
Lycianthes lysimachioides var. sinensis Bitter
Lycianthes solitaria C.Y.Wu & A.M.Lu
Lycianthes tibetica Li Bing Zhang & Yi F.Duan
Numaeacampa kerrii Gagnep.
Solanum debilissimum Merr.
Solanum lysimachioides Wall.
Solanum macrodon var. lysimachioides (Wall.) C.B.Clarke
Solanum nematosepalum Miq.
Solanum ysimachioides Wall.

Flowers

In flower: June to October (from 84 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)

Photos

FlowerPhoto: 呂一起(Lyu yi-chi), CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
FlowerPhoto: Licheng Shih, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
FlowerPhoto: Cheng-Te Hsu, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
FlowerPhoto: Yung-Lun Lin, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
FruitPhoto: 葉子, CC0, from iNaturalist
Photo: 葉子, CC0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Jacy Chen, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: 葉子, CC0, from iNaturalist
Photo: 黃美滿, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: 鄭雪雲, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: 黃美滿, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: 黃美滿, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist

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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.