Brahmi
ಬ್ರಾಹ್ಮಿब्राम्हीभेदநீர்ப்பிரமி
Bacopa monnieri (L.) Wettst.
- light
- Sun–part
- water
- Plenty
- tall
- 30 cm
- wide
- 30 cm
Plantaginaceae
Also called Coastal Waterhyssop, Herb of grace, Thyme-leafed gratiola, Water hyssop, Water Hyssop
Formerly Allocalyx microphylla, Alonsoa hirsuta, Anisocalyx limnanthiflorus, Bramia indica, and 29 more
When it flowers
Not known yet in the tropics: too few flowering observations to read a season from.
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Something wrong with it?About it
- Grows as
- Annual or subshrubKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Climate
- SubtropicalKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Wild in
- Tropics & SubtropicsKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Light
- Full sun to part shade (3 h or more)Read from NC State Extension, one source
- Height
- 30 cmRead from Plants for a Future, one source
- Spread
- 30 cmRead from Plants for a Future, one source
- Water
- Plenty: wet or constantly moistRead from NC State Extension, one source
- Flowers
- White, pinkRead from NC State Extension, one source
- Coldest it survives
- -12.2 °C (USDA zone 8a)Read from Plants for a Future, one source
Not known yet: heat, hottest it survives.
In other languages (12)
- Finnish
- Pikkubakopa
- Filipino
- ulasimang-aso
- Chinese
- 假马齿苋, 白花猪母菜, 百克爬草
- Simplified Chinese
- 假马齿苋
- Vietnamese
- rau đắng biển
- Hindi
- ब्राम्हीभेद, ब्रम्हमाण्डुकी, ब्राह्मी
- Tamil
- நீர்ப்பிரமி
- Telugu
- నీటిబ్రాహ్మీ
- Kannada
- ಬ್ರಾಹ್ಮಿ
- Marathi
- ब्राम्ही
- Bangla
- আধাবিরানি, ব্রাহ্মীশাক, ব্রাহ্মিশাক
- Malayalam
- നീർബ്രഹ്മി, ബ്രഹ്മി
Where this comes from
- Wikidata, read 2026-10-26, CC0-1.0
- Kew's checklist, read 2026-10-24, CC-BY-4.0
- NC State Extension, read 2026-10-25, fact, cited
- Plants for a Future, read 2026-10-26, fact, cited
- Wikimedia Commons, read 2026-10-25, CC BY 3.0
- 3D model: Bacopa monnieri (built for Vanagrha) by Vanagrha, own
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