Caryophyllaceae
Polycarpon prostratum
- Family
- Caryophyllaceae
- Genus
- Polycarpon
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Common names
By language (1)
- Chinese
- 多荚果, 多荚草, 多莢草
Synonyms
- Alsine prostrata Forssk.
- Arenaria prostrata (Forssk.) Ser.
- Arversia depressa (L.) Klotzsch
- Arversia memphitica (Delile) Webb
- Loeflingia indica Retz.
- Mollia memphitica (Delile) Colla
- Pharnaceum depressum L.
- Polycarpa prostrata Kuntze
- Polycarpaea memphitica Delile
- Polycarpaea prostrata (Forssk.) Decne.
- Polycarpon depressum (L.) Rohrb.
- Polycarpon glaucifolium A.Chev.
- Polycarpon indicum (Retz.) Merr.
- Polycarpon loeflingii Wight & Arn. ex Benth.
- Polycarpon memphiticum Fenzl ex Broun & R.E.Massey
- Robbairea prostrata (Forssk.) Boiss.
- Spergula prostrata (Forssk.) D.Dietr.
- Spergularia prostrata (Forssk.) G.Don
Photos
Photo: Harry Rose from South West Rocks, Australia, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Harry Rose from South West Rocks, Australia, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Harry Rose from South West Rocks, Australia, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Kevin Thiele from Perth, Australia, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Kevin Thiele from Perth, Australia, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
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Photo: sonnia hill, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, 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). About our plant data.