Araceae
Crowdipper
Pinellia ternata
- Family
- Araceae
- Genus
- Pinellia
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Common names
By language (11)
- arz
- بينيليا تيرناتا
- Cantonese
- 半夏
- Chinese
- 半夏, 三不掉, 三兴草, 三叶半夏, 三叶头草, 三开花, 三棱草, 三步跳
- English
- Crowdipper
- German
- Dreizählige Pinellie, Ban Xia, Banxia
- Japanese
- カラスビシャク, 半夏, 烏柄杓
- Korean
- 반하
- lzh
- 半夏
- Polish
- Pinelia trójlistkowa
- Vietnamese
- Bán hạ bắc
- za
- Gobuenghah
Synonyms
- Alocasia ternata (Thunb.) Raf.
- Arisaema loureiroi Blume
- Arisaema macrourum (Bunge) Kunth
- Arisaema ternatum (Thunb.) Schott
- Arum atrorubens Spreng.
- Arum bulbiferum Salisb.
- Arum bulbosum Pers. ex Kunth
- Arum bulbosum Blume
- Arum fornicatum Roth
- Arum macrourum Bunge
- Arum subulatum Desf.
- Arum ternatum Thunb.
- Arum triphyllum Houtt.
- Atherurus ternatus (Thunb.) Blume
- Hemicarpurus fornicatus Nees
- Pinellia angustata Schott
- Pinellia fornicata (Roth) Pritz.
- Pinellia koreana K.Tae & J.H.Kim
- Pinellia ternata f. angustata (Schott) Makino
- Pinellia ternata f. atropurpurea (Makino) Ohwi
- Pinellia ternata f. subcuspidata Honda
- Pinellia ternata var. angustata (Schott) Engl.
- Pinellia ternata var. atropurpurea Makino
- Pinellia ternata var. giraldiana Engl.
- Pinellia ternata var. koreana (K.Tae & J.H.Kim) M.Kim
- Pinellia ternata var. subpandurata (Engl.) Engl.
- Pinellia ternata var. vulgaris Engl.
- Pinellia tuberifera Ten.
- Pinellia tuberifera var. subpandurata Engl.
- Pinellia zinguiensis H.Li
- Typhonium tuberculigerum Schott
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Canada: introduced, Lower 48 states: introduced
Photos
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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.