Hygrophila acinos
Starhorn
Hygrophila corymbosa
(Blume) Lindau Species
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- Botanical name
- Hygrophila corymbosa
- Also known as
- Starhorn
- Family
- Acanthaceae
- Genus
- Hygrophila
- Reference
- World Flora Online
How to grow Starhorn
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Other names for this plant
These names have all been used for Hygrophila corymbosa but are no longer the accepted name. You may still meet them on old labels, in books, or in nursery catalogues.
Echinacanthus brugmansianus
Echinacanthus javanicus
Hygrophila stricta var. corymbosa
Justicia roxburghiana
Nomaphila corymbosa
Nomaphila siamensis
Others in Hygrophila
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