Hygrophila salicifolia

Hygrophila salicifolia

  • Hygrophila salicifolia
  • Hygrophila salicifolia
  • Flower name
    Hygrophila salicifolia
  • Scientific name
    Hygrophila salicifolia
  • Alias荻の爪
  • Place of originJapan
  • Place of floweringRiver, pond
  • Flowering seasonAugust, September, October, November

What is Hygrophila salicifolia

Hygrophila salicifolia, or Ogino tsume , scientific name:Hygrophila salicifolia, is native to Japan and is a perennial herb in the family Acanthaceae, native to wild fields of southern Japan. Native to paddy fields in southern Japan. Although it is a weed, it also becomes an aquarium plant. The leaves are long, linear lanceolate, counterattaching. From summer to autumn, lilac florets bunch on the axils to bloom.

Generic name: Hygrophila salicifolia,, Scientific name: Hygrophila salicifolia, Habitat: Southern Japan , Environment: paddy fields, wetlands, life type: perennials, plant height: 30 cm, stem cross-section: square, leaf color: green, leaf shape: linear lanceolate, leaf length: long, leaf order: opposite, flower color: light purple, Inflorescence: August-November, Floral: None, Inflorescence: Bunch on axils, Use: Aquarium aquatic plants and weeds.


  • Order
    Lamiales
  • Family
    Acanthaceae
  • Genus
    Hygrophila
  • Species
    H. salicifolia
  • Type of flower
    Left-right symmetrical flower
  • Array of flower
    Monopetal inflorescence
  • Petal shape
    Lip shaped
  • Leaf type
    lanceolate
  • Edge of the leaf
    Serrated
  • Life typeperennial grass
  • Flower colorsPurple
  • Colors of the leavesGreen
  • Fruit colorGreen
  • Height30.0 ~ 30.0 cm
  • Diameter of flower0.5 ~ 0.5 cm

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