Acanthaceae
Browne's blechum
Ruellia blechum
- Family
- Acanthaceae
- Genus
- Ruellia
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Common names
By language (2)
- Chinese
- 赛山蓝, 賽山藍
- English
- Browne's blechum, Green shrimp plant
Synonyms
- Alvarezia parviflora Pav. ex Nees
- Barleria pyramidalis Lam. ex Nees
- Barleria pyramidata Lam.
- Blechum blechum (L.) Millsp.
- Blechum brownei Juss.
- Blechum brownei Kunth
- Blechum brownei f. albiflora Kuntze
- Blechum brownei f. albiflorum Kuntze
- Blechum brownei f. brownei
- Blechum brownei f. coeruleum Kuntze
- Blechum brownei f. puberulum Leonard
- Blechum brownei var. laxum Nees
- Blechum brownei var. subcordatum Kuntze
- Blechum haenkei Nees
- Blechum linnaei Nees
- Blechum linnaei var. laxum Nees
- Blechum linnaei var. nanum Nees
- Blechum linnaei var. parviflora Nees
- Blechum linnaei var. parviflorum Nees
- Blechum luzonium Nees
- Blechum pyramidatum Urb.
- Blechum pyramidatum (Lam.) Urb.
- Blechum trinitense Nees
- Dianthera eustachiana Hook. ex Nees
- Justicia carthagenensis Willd. ex Nees
- Justicia carthaginensis Nees & Mart.
- Justicia lupulina Lam.
- Justicia martinicensis Sieber ex Nees
- Ruellia bracteata Vahl ex Nees
- Ruellia gairae Rohr ex Nees
- Ruellia parviflora Sessé & Moc.
- Ruellia rohrii Vahl ex Nees
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Annual
- In the US and Canada
- Hawaii: introduced, Lower 48 states: introduced, Pacific Basin: introduced, Puerto Rico: native, U.S. Virgin Islands: native
Photos
Photo: Forest & Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Dick Culbert from Gibsons, B.C., Canada, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: Ricky Boyd, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: diegolobom, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: Jennifer Glover, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: antoni.artur.arrieta, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: accidentalshrike, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Iripseudocorus, 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); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.