Hygrophila costata

Glush weed
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Asterids
Order: Lamiales
Family: Acanthaceae
Genus: Hygrophila
Species: H. costata
Binomial name
Hygrophila costata
Sinning
Synonyms

Hygrophila atricheta Bridar.
Hygrophila brasiliensis Spreng.
Hygrophila conferta Nees
Hygrophila guianensis Nees
Hygrophila lacustris Morong & Britton
Hygrophila longifolia (Mart.) Nees
Hygrophila portoricensis Nees
Hygrophila pubescens Nees
Hygrophila rivularis Nees
Ruellia brasiliensis Mart. ex Nees
Ruellia costata Lindau
Scorodoxylum costata (Nees) Hiern

Glush weed (aka gulf swampweed), or yerba de hicotea is a plant native of Cerrado vegetation of Brazil, and usually grows from southern Mexico to Argentina. This plant is cited in Flora Brasiliensis by Carl Friedrich Philipp von Martius. In addition, H. costata is an invasive and dominating species in several parts of the world included Australia because this plant is usually like a freshwater aquarium plant.

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