Limnophila repens (Benth.) Benth.

Herbs, to 45 cm tall; stems, pedicels, bracts, and bracteoles hispidulous or rarely glabrous. Stems erect, basally prostrate or repent, simple or branched. Leaves opposite, sessile, narrowly elliptic, linear-lanceolate, or lanceolate-elliptic, 0.5-3 cm X 3-10 mm, adaxially hispidulous or subglabrous, base subamplexicaul, margin serrate; veins pinnate. Flowers solitary and axillary, or in axillary racemes. Pedicel 0.5-3 mm, hispidulous. Bracteoles 2-3 mm. Calyx 4-6 mm, hispidulous to subglabrous, with raised veins in fruit; lobes 1.5-3 mm, narrowly lanceolate, margin ciliate, apex acuminate. Corolla white, purple-red, or blue, 5-10 mm, outside glabrous, inside white villous. Capsule ovoid, 3-4 mm. Fl. and fr. Nov-May.

Tropical Himalaya, India, Burma, east to S. China, Malaysia.

200 m

Moist places near water; low elevations. Guangxi, Hainan [Bhutan, Cambodia, India, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Nepal, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Vietnam; Australia].

Stemodia repens Bentham in Lindley, Bot. Reg. 17: ad t. 1470. sp. 11. 1832.

Limnophila repens, the creeping marshweed, is a herbaceous plant belonging to the family Plantaginaceae. It grows up to 45 cm tall both in terrestrial and fresh water habitats. The plant has a strong aromatic smell. Stems are covered with fine hair. Leaves are subsessile opposite and oblong. Violet-pink(rarely yellow) flowers are axilary and solitary or in short racemes. Seeds are angular and brown. Flowering season: November to May.

Limnophila repens là một loài thực vật có hoa trong họ Mã đề. Loài này được (Benth.) Benth. mô tả khoa học đầu tiên năm 1846.

匍匐石龙尾（学名：Limnophila repens），为玄参科石龙尾属下的一个植物种。