Philippine violet
கோல்மிதிడిసెంబరాలుঝিন্টি
Barleria cristata L.
- light
- Part sun
- water
- Medium
- tall
- 80 cm
- wide
- 1.1 m
Acanthaceae
Also called Bluebell Barleria, Crested Philippine Violet, Crested Philippine violet
Formerly Barleria alba, Barleria ciliata, Barleria dichotoma, Barleria indica, and 8 more
When it flowers
Flowers August to February in the tropics.
Read from iNaturalist photographs of it in flower. A month counts at 50% of the best month's flowering share (smoothed over three months) and 10% of its flowering count, from at least 100 flowering observations in the band.
If a child, a pet or anyone may have eaten a plant, contact a doctor or vet straight away, or call the National Poisons Information Centre (AIIMS, New Delhi) on 1800 116 117, free and open 24 hours.
Something wrong with it?About it
- Grows as
- Subshrub or shrubKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Climate
- Seasonally dry tropicalKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Wild in
- Trop. & Subtrop. AsiaKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Light
- Part shade (3 to 6 h)Read from UF/IFAS and Top Tropicals, checked by a majority of its sourcesBacked by both sources. Sources differ: UF/IFAS full, part; Top Tropicals part, shade
- Height
- 61 cm to 99 cmRead from Wikipedia, one source
- Spread
- 91 cm to 1.2 mRead from UF/IFAS, one source
- Water
- Average: moist, well drainedRead from Top Tropicals, one source
- Flowers
- White, pink, violetRead from Wikipedia, one source
- Coldest it survives
- -3.9 °C (USDA zone 9b)Read from UF/IFAS and Top Tropicals, checked: the middle of what its sources sayHalfway between its 2 sources, which differ. Sources differ: UF/IFAS -6.7 °C; Top Tropicals -1.1 °C
Not known yet: heat, hottest it survives.
Grow it with
Suggested by a rule, not by a gardener: same climate (kew), flowering when this plant does not (inaturalist), and a different shape.
Apple-of-PeruFlowers March to July, when this does not
Barbados lilyFlowers March to July, when this does not
Billygoat weedFlowers March to July, when this does not
Black-eyed Susan vineFlowers March to July, when this does not
Blue dazeFlowers March to July, when this does not
Brazilian bachelor's buttonFlowers March to July, when this does not
In other languages (11)
- Chinese
- 假杜鵑, 鴨仔花, 假杜鹃
- Spanish
- Campanita morada
- Japanese
- バルレリア
- Chinese (China)
- 假杜鹃
- Russian
- Барлерия гребенчатая
- Thai
- อังกาบ
- Slovak
- barléria hrebenatá
- Simplified Chinese
- 假杜鹃
- Tamil
- கோல்மிதி, டிசம்பர் பூ, ஊதா முள்ளி
- Telugu
- డిసెంబరాలు
- Bangla
- ঝিন্টি, নীল জটি
Where this comes from
- iNaturalist, read 2026-10-24, CC0-1.0 (observation counts)
- Wikidata, read 2026-10-26, CC0-1.0
- Kew's checklist, read 2026-10-24, CC-BY-4.0
- UF/IFAS, read 2026-10-25, fact, cited
- Top Tropicals, read 2026-10-25, fact, cited
- Wikipedia, read 2026-10-25, fact, cited
- Wikimedia Commons, read 2026-10-24, CC BY-SA 4.0
- iNaturalist, read 2026-10-25, CC0
- iNaturalist, read 2026-10-25, CC BY
- iNaturalist, read 2026-10-25, CC BY
- 3D model: Barleria cristata (built for Vanagrha) by Vanagrha, own
A fact “checked by a majority of its sources” was settled by a vote of the pages it was read from, not by a person reading it; one marked “one source” rests on that page alone. Anything else not marked checked has not been checked yet. Where nothing is known, the page says so rather than guess.