Acanthaceae
Strobilanthes flexicaulis
- Family
- Acanthaceae
- Genus
- Strobilanthes
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Common names
By language (2)
- Chinese
- 曲茎兰嵌马蓝, 曲莖馬藍, 曲茎马蓝
- Japanese
- アリサンアイ
Synonyms
- Parachampionella flexicaulis (Hayata) C.F.Hsieh & T.C.Huang
- Triaenacanthus flexicaulis (Hayata) C.F.Hsieh & T.C.Huang
Flowers
- In flower
- October to February (from 194 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Photos

FlowerPhoto: Takaaki Hattori, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: 張家瑜, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Paras, CC0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Cheng-Tao Lin, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Ping an Chang, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: 葉子, CC0, from iNaturalist Photo: eLJot, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: 葉子, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Ping an Chang, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Cheng-Tao Lin, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Ping an Chang, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Jacy Chen, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
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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.