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Pogostemon stellatus (Lour.) Kuntze

Family
Lamiaceae
Genus
Pogostemon

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Pogostemon stellatus: Pogostemon stellatus, formerly called Eusteralis stellata, growing in an aquarium.
Photo: Tsunamicarlos, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons

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Common names

By language (3)
Chinese
水虎尾, 水老虎, 边氏水珍珠菜
Japanese
ミズネコノオ
Korean
물꼬리풀

Synonyms

  • Anuragia stellata (Lour.) Raizada
  • Anuragia tomentosa (Dalzell) Raizada
  • Anuragia verticillata (Benth. ex Wall.) Raizada
  • Dysophylla benthamiana Hance
  • Dysophylla benthamiana var. hainanensis C.Y.Wu & S.J.Hsuan
  • Dysophylla esquirolii H.Lév.
  • Dysophylla japonica Miq.
  • Dysophylla nana Doan
  • Dysophylla ramosissima Benth.
  • Dysophylla stellata (Lour.) Benth. ex Wall.
  • Dysophylla stellata var. hainanensis (C.Y.Wu & S.J.Hsuan) C.Y.Wu & H.W.Li
  • Dysophylla tomentosa Dalzell
  • Dysophylla verticillata Benth. ex Wall.
  • Dysophylla verticillata var. gracilis Benth.
  • Eusteralis pumila (Graham) Raf.
  • Eusteralis quaternifolia M.R.Almeida
  • Eusteralis stellata (Lour.) Panigrahi
  • Eusteralis tomentosa (Dalzell) Panigrahi
  • Mentha quaternifolia B.Heyne ex Roth
  • Mentha stellata Lour.
  • Mentha verticillata Roxb. ex D.Don
  • Pogostemon benthamianus (Hance) Kuntze
  • Pogostemon ciliatus Bhatti & Ingr.
  • Pogostemon erectus var. tomentosus (Dalzell) Kuntze
  • Pogostemon japonicum (Miq.) Kuntze
  • Pogostemon verticillatus (Benth. ex Wall.) Miq.
  • Pogostemon verticillatus var. macrostachya Miq.

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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.