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Hygrophila auriculata - Flowers - Click to enlarge!

Flowers; Valley View University, Oyibi, Ghana; 9/2008 © Jörn Germer

Hygrophila auriculata - Plant, close-up - Click to enlarge!

Plant, close-up; Valley View University, Oyibi, Ghana; 9/2008 © Jörn Germer

Hygrophila auriculata - Flower side view - Click to enlarge!

Flower side view; Valley View University, Oyibi, Ghana; 9/2008 © Jörn Germer

Hygrophila auriculata - Upper and lower surface of leaf - Click to enlarge!

Upper and lower surface of leaf; Valley View University, Oyibi, Ghana; 9/2008 © Jörn Germer

Hygrophila auriculata - Habit - Click to enlarge!

Habit; Valley View University, Oyibi, Ghana; 9/2008 © Jörn Germer

Dataset

Identifier: 935
Date of entry: 25.09.2008
Last update: 11.01.2020

Common name

English: Waterleaf

German: Wasserfreund

Classification

Kingdom: Plantae (2715)

  Phylum: Tracheophyta (2630)

    Class: Magnoliopsida (2217)

      Order: Scrophulariales (81)

        Family: Acanthaceae (25)(family description)

          Genus: Hygrophila (1)

            Epithet: auriculata (Schumach.) Heine (3)

auriculata => ear-shaped

Characteristics

Climate: tropical

Habitat: hydrophytic

Habit: herb

Flower colour: blue, violet

External links

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World Flora Online, GBIF or IPNI

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