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False Pimpernel

Lindernia

Also called False Pimpernels, Dwarf Giants

False Pimpernel
Photo: Mason Brock (Masebrock), Public domain
Family
Linderniaceae (Linderni family)

About

The genus Lindernia is a group of plants in the family Linderniaceae. They are native to warm regions in both the Eastern and Western Hemisphere.

The genus name of Lindernia is in honour of Franz Balthasar von Lindern (1682–1755), French doctor and botanist in Strasbourg and also university botanical garden director.

Other Lindernia plants

Yellowseed false pimpernel · False Pimpernel Family

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Lindernia by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.

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