Rubiaceae
Snake-needle grass
Scleromitrion diffusum
- Family
- Rubiaceae
- Genus
- Scleromitrion
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Common names
By language (5)
- arz
- هيديوتيس منتشر
- Assamese
- সৰ্পজিভা, লিহিৰি পতীয়া
- Chinese
- 白花蛇舌草, 定经草
- English
- Snake-needle grass, Spreading hedyotis
- Malayalam
- പർപ്പടകപ്പുല്ല്, Parpatakapullu, കുമ്മാട്ടിപ്പുല്ല്
Synonyms
- Hedyotis brachypoda R.Br. ex Wall.
- Hedyotis diffusa Willd.
- Hedyotis diffusa var. extensa (Hook.f.) R.Dutta
- Hedyotis diffusa var. longipes Nakai
- Hedyotis extensa R.Br. ex Wall.
- Hedyotis polygonoides Wall.
- Hedyotis radicans Bartl. ex DC.
- Hedyotis ramosissima Kurz
- Oldenlandia angustifolia var. pedicellata Miq.
- Oldenlandia corymbosa var. uniflora (Benth.) Masam.
- Oldenlandia diffusa (Willd.) Roxb.
- Oldenlandia diffusa var. extensa Hook.f.
- Oldenlandia diffusa var. polygonoides Hook.f.
- Oldenlandia herbacea var. uniflora Benth.
- Oldenlandia pauciflora Roxb. ex Wight & Arn.
Photos

Photo: দিব্য দত্ত, 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.