Petiveriaceae
Rougeplant
Rivina humilis
- Family
- Petiveriaceae
- Genus
- Rivina
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Common names
By language (10)
- Afrikaans
- Bloedbessie
- Bangla
- ব্যান্ডেল ফুল
- Chinese
- 珊瑚珠, 蕾芬, 数珠珊瑚
- English
- Rougeplant, Baby peppers, Blood berry/coral berry, Bloodberry, Coralito, Pigeonberry
- French
- Baies de corail, Groseille, Rougeplant
- German
- Blutbeere
- Hungarian
- Vérbogyó, Korallbogyó
- Indonesian
- Getih-getihan
- Japanese
- ジュズサンゴ
- Malayalam
- രക്തനെല്ലി, ചെടിത്തക്കാളി, റിവിന ഹുമിലിസ്
Synonyms
- Piercea acuminata Raf.
- Piercea glabra Mill.
- Piercea obliquata Raf.
- Piercea tomentosa Mill.
- Rivina aurantiaca Warsz. ex Schenk
- Rivina bengalensis S.C.Srivast. & T.K.Paul
- Rivina brasiliensis Nocca
- Rivina canescens G.Don ex Steud.
- Rivina glabrata Kunth
- Rivina gracilis Salisb.
- Rivina herbacea C.Huber
- Rivina humilis var. glabra L.
- Rivina humilis var. humilis
- Rivina humilis var. laevis (L.) Millsp.
- Rivina humilis var. orientalis (Moq.) H.Walter
- Rivina humilis var. plumbaginifolia Moq.
- Rivina humilis var. puberula (Kunth) Moq.
- Rivina laevis L.
- Rivina laevis var. acuminata (Kunth) Moq.
- Rivina laevis var. pubescens Griseb.
- Rivina lanceolata Willd.
- Rivina mexicana Moc. & Sessé ex Moq.
- Rivina obliquata Raf.
- Rivina orientalis Moq.
- Rivina pallida Salisb.
- Rivina paraguayensis D.Parodi
- Rivina portulaccoides Nutt.
- Rivina procumbens Ruiz ex Moq.
- Rivina puberula Kunth
- Rivina purpurascens Schrader
- Rivina tetrandra Desf.
- Rivina tinctaria Buch.-Ham. ex G.Don
- Rivina vernalis Terán & Berland.
- Rivina viridiflora Bello
- Rivina viridis Schmidt
- Solanoides laevis (L.) Moench
- Solanoides pubescens Moench
- Solanoides undulata Moench
- Tithonia humilis (L.) Kuntze
- Tithonia humilis f. humilis
and 1 more.
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb, Shrub
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Hawaii: introduced, Lower 48 states: native, Navassa Island: native, Puerto Rico: native, U.S. Virgin Islands: native
Photos
Photo: Hans Hillewaert, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: André Karwath aka Aka, CC BY-SA 2.5, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: sonnia hill, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Nativeplants garden, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Nativeplants garden, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Nativeplants garden, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Nativeplants garden, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Ayuwadala, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Ayuwadala, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Ayuwadala, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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.