Lythraceae

Diminutive rotala

Rotala mexicana Schltdl. & Cham.

Family: Lythraceae
Genus: Rotala

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Diminutive rotala: Rotala mexicana — Photo: Mark Marathon, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons

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Common names

By language (4)

Chinese: 輪生葉水豬母乳, 轮叶节节菜, 墨西哥水松叶, 水马齿苋
English: Diminutive rotala
Japanese: ミズマツバ
Korean: 가는마디꽃

Synonyms

Ammannia littorea Miq.
Ammannia mexicana (Cham. & Schltdl.) Baill.
Ammannia pygmaea Kurz
Ammannia rotala F.Muell.
Hoshiarpuria minutiflora Hajra, P.Daniel & Philcox
Hypobrichia spruceana Benth.
Hypobrichia spruceana var. tenuifolia Griseb.
Rotala apetala F.Muell.
Rotala diglossa Koehne
Rotala diglossandra Koehne
Rotala leptopetala var. littorea (Miq.) Koehne
Rotala littorea (Miq.) Nakai
Rotala longibracteolata Domin
Rotala mexicana f. major Koehne
Rotala mexicana f. media Koehne
Rotala mexicana f. minima Koehne
Rotala mexicana subsp. hierniana Koehne
Rotala mexicana subsp. pusilla (Tul.) Koehne
Rotala mexicana subsp. typica Koehne
Rotala mexicana var. apetala (F.Muell.) Lourteig
Rotala mexicana var. chamissoana Koehne
Rotala mexicana var. spruceana (Benth.) Koehne
Rotala mexicana var. spruceana (Hiern) Koehne
Rotala petaloidea Wight ex Steud.
Rotala pusilla Tul.
Rotala pygmaea (Kurz) Rajagopal & Ramayya
Rotala rosea (Poir.) C.D.K.Cook ex H.Hara
Rotala verticillaris var. spruceana (Benth.) Hiern

Photos

Photo: Mark Marathon, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Show_ryu, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Mark Marathon, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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Photo: Nativeplants garden, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Nativeplants garden, 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.