Hygrophila barbata
Water-Wisteria
Hygrophila difformis
(L.f.) Blume Species
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- Botanical name
- Hygrophila difformis
- Also known as
- Water-Wisteria
- Family
- Acanthaceae
- Genus
- Hygrophila
- Reference
- World Flora Online
How to grow Water-Wisteria
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Other names for this plant
These names have all been used for Hygrophila difformis but are no longer the accepted name. You may still meet them on old labels, in books, or in nursery catalogues.
Adenosma uliginosa
Cardanthera difformis
Cardanthera glutinosa
Cardanthera triflora
Cardanthera uliginosa
Cardanthera uliginosa var. birbhumensis
Cardanthera uliginosa var. birbhumensis
Hygrophila heinei
Hygrophila heinei var. birbhumensis
Hygrophila helodes
Hygrophila pseudopolysperma
Hygrophila triflora
Ruellia difformis
Ruellia obovata
Ruellia tanacetifolia
Ruellia triflora
Ruellia uliginosa
Ruellia uliginosa
Synnema triflorum
Synnema uliginosum
Others in Hygrophila
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