Hygrophila acinos
Hygrophila abyssinica
(Hochst. ex Nees) T.Anderson Species
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- Botanical name
- Hygrophila abyssinica
- Family
- Acanthaceae
- Genus
- Hygrophila
- Reference
- World Flora Online
How to grow Hygrophila abyssinica
We have not written a growing guide for this species yet.
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Other names for this plant
These names have all been used for Hygrophila abyssinica but are no longer the accepted name. You may still meet them on old labels, in books, or in nursery catalogues.
Cardanthera justicioides
Dyschoriste tenera
Hemigraphis abyssinica
Hemigraphis prunelloides
Hemigraphis tenera
Hygrophila angolensis
Hygrophila hygrophiloides
Hygrophila prunelloides
Hygrophila tenera
Polyechma abyssinicum
Synnema abyssinicum
Synnema angolense
Synnema hygrophiloides
Synnema prunelloides
Synnema tenerum
Others in Hygrophila
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