Acanthaceae
Strobilanthes atropurpurea
- Family
- Acanthaceae
- Genus
- Strobilanthes
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Common names
By language (1)
- Chinese
- 翅柄马蓝
Synonyms
- Ruellia atropurpurea Wall.
- Strobilanthes atropurpurea var. atropurpurea
- Strobilanthes atropurpurea var. brevifolia Kuntze
Photos

Photo: peganum, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Ramnarayan K, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Emőke Dénes, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Siddarth Machado, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Emőke Dénes, 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: Vinayaraj, 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.