Sphenocleaceae
Chickenspike
Sphenoclea zeylanica
- Family
- Sphenocleaceae
- Genus
- Sphenoclea
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Common names
By language (10)
- arz
- سفينوكليا زيلانيكا
- ban
- Gonda
- Chinese
- 尖瓣花, 楔瓣花
- English
- Chickenspike
- Indonesian
- Gonda
- Malayalam
- പൊങ്ങത്തി
- pam
- Larang dapu
- Punjabi
- ਸਣੀ
- sg
- Yorö-börö
- Thai
- ผักปอด
Synonyms
- Gaertnera pangati Retz.
- Gaertnera pongatii Retz.
- Pongatium indicum Lam.
- Pongatium spongiosum Blanco
- Pongatium zeylanicum Kuntze
- Rapinia herbacea Lour.
- Reichelia palustris Blanco
- Sphenoclea pongatia A.DC.
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Annual
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: introduced, Puerto Rico: introduced
Photos
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Photo: Vengolis, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Arunraj P T, 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.