Summary[
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Scrophulariaceae (scrophularia, or figwort family) »
Lindernia crustacea lin-DERN-ee-uh -- named for Franz Balthasar von Lindern, German botanist krus-TA-see-a -- from the Latin crusta, meaning a hard (or brittle) shell or rind commonly known as: brittle false pimpernel, Malaysian false pimpernel • Chinese: 母草 mu cao • Japanese: urikusa • Palauan: ilemelakel • Samoan: fua lanumoana, lau tafifi • Tahitian: haehaa, mataura, moomai pere Native to: China, Indian subcontinent, Indo-China, Australia References:
PIER species info •
NPGS / GRIN •
eFlora. Date: 2 August 2008, 13:48. Source:
Lindernia crustacea. Author:
Dinesh Valke from Thane, India.