Common name
English: Heartleaf false pickerelweed
Mandarin: 鸭舌草 (ya she cao)
English: Heartleaf false pickerelweed
Mandarin: 鸭舌草 (ya she cao)
Kingdom: Plantae (2715)
Phylum: Tracheophyta (2630)
Class: Liliopsida (397)
Order: Liliales (111)
Family: Pontederiaceae (5)(family description)
Genus: Monochoria (2)
Epithet: vaginalis (Burm. f.) K. Presl ex (2)
Synonyms: Boottia mairei H.Lév., Gomphima vaginalis (Burm.f.) Raf., Monochoria junghuhniana Hassk., Monochoria linearis (Hassk.) Miq.
junghuhniana => in honor of Friedrich Franz Wilhelm Junghuhn (1809-1864), German botanist and geologist
linearis => of uniform width
vaginalis => having a sheathlike structure, such as the leaf of a grass that surrounds a stem
Climate: tropical
Habitat: hydrophytic
Habit: herb
Flower colour: blue, purple, violet
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