Acanthaceae
Rungia pectinata
- Family
- Acanthaceae
- Genus
- Rungia
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Common names
By language (2)
- Chinese
- 孩儿草, 疳积草, 狭叶孩儿草
- Tamil
- உருங்கியா பர்விஃப்ளோரா
Synonyms
- Dianthera parviflora Roxb. ex Nees
- Diapedium latius var. integerrimum Kuntze
- Diapedium pectinatum (L.) Kuntze
- Diapedium pectinatum f. lacteum Kuntze
- Diapedium pectinatum var. brevifolium Kuntze
- Diapedium pectinatum var. murale Kuntze
- Diapedium pectinatum var. parviflorum (Retz.) Kuntze
- Dicliptera coerulea Blume
- Dicliptera pectinata (L.) Juss.
- Justicia ciliaris Russell ex Nees
- Justicia coerulea Steud.
- Justicia infracta Vahl
- Justicia parviflora Retz.
- Justicia parviflora var. ciliata (Bremek.) Karthig. & Lakshmin.
- Justicia pectinata L.
- Justicia repens Vahl ex Nees
- Ruellia dependens Hook. ex Nees
- Rungia angustifolia Bremek.
- Rungia coerulea (Blume) Warb.
- Rungia coerulea var. parvifolia Bremek.
- Rungia latior var. malabarensis Hochr.
- Rungia longifolia Bedd.
- Rungia origanoides Nees
- Rungia parviflora (Retz.) Nees
- Rungia parviflora subsp. pectinata (L.) L.H.Cramer
- Rungia parviflora var. aspera Nees
- Rungia parviflora var. ciliata Bremek.
- Rungia parviflora var. hirsuta Nees
- Rungia parviflora var. pectinata (L.) C.B.Clarke
- Rungia parviflora var. submutica Nees
- Rungia pectinata var. clarkeana Hand.-Mazz.
- Rungia polygonoides Nees
- Rungia repens T.Anderson
Photos

Photo: J.M.Garg, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Dinesh Valke from Thane, India, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Dinesh Valke from Thane, India, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Dinesh Valke from Thane, India, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Dinesh Valke from Thane, India, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Dinesh Valke from Thane, India, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Dinesh Valke from Thane, India, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Dinesh Valke from Thane, India, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Dinesh Valke from Thane, India, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Dinesh Valke from Thane, India, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Dinesh Valke from Thane, India, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: V C balakrishnan, 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.