Bacopa monnieri
Also known as: ? monniera, Allocalyx microphylla, Alonsoa hirsuta, Anisocalyx limnanthiflorus, Bacopa monnieri cuneifolia, Bacopa monnieria, Bacopa monnieria cuneifolia, Bramia indica, Bramia monniera, Bramia monnieri, Bramia monnieria, Calytriplex obovata, Capraria monnieri, Capraria monnieria, Gratiola monnieri, Gratiola monnieria, Gratiola portulacacea, Gratiola tetrandra, Habershamia cuneifolia, Hemimeris hirsuta, Herpestes monnieria, Herpestis africana, Herpestis brownei, Herpestis calytriplex, Herpestis cuneifolia, Herpestis monniera, Herpestis monnieri, Herpestis monnieria, Herpestis moranensis, Herpestis pedunculosa, Herpestis procumbens, Herpestis spathulata, Hydrotrida beccabunga, Limosella calycina, Lysimachia monnieri, Mecardonia procumbens, Moniera africana, Moniera brownei, Moniera cuneifolia, Moniera moniera, Moniera monnieri, Moniera pedunculosa, Monniera africana, Monniera brownii, Monniera calycina, Monniera cuneifolia, Monniera monniera, Monniera pedunculosa, Ruellia articulata, Thunbergia stolonifera
Species profile
- Accepted name
- Bacopa monnieri (L.) Pennell Species
- Common names
- bacopa, coastal water-hyssop, coastal waterhyssop, herb of grace, Indian-pennywort, Monnier's hedge hyssop, water hyssop
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Division
- Tracheophyta
- Class
- Magnoliopsida
- Order
- Lamiales
- Family
- Plantaginaceae
- Genus
- Bacopa
- Habitat
- Terrestrial, Freshwater; Freshwater-terrestrial
- IUCN Red List
- Least concern
- Distribution
- Caribbean; North America; Oceania; N-Portugal [I]; NW-Spain [I]; Egypt (NE-Egypt, Nile Delta); Nigeria; Gabon; Equatorial Guinea; Congo [Brazzaville]; Somalia; Soqotra; Mozambique; South Africa [I] (KwaZulu-Natal [I]); Eswatini [Swaziland] [I]; Madagascar; Mauritius; La Réunion; Rodrigues; Aldabra (Aldabra Isl.); Seychelles [I]; Chagos Arch. (Diego Garcia); Iraq (SE-Iraq: Mesopotamia); Iran (S-Iran, W-Iran); Afghanistan (Kunar / Nuristan, Nangarhar); Israel (C-Israel, Rift Valley); Sinai peninsula (C-Sinai, N-Sinai); Saudi Arabia (C-Saudi Arabia, NE-Saudi Arabia, N-Saudi Arabia, Hejaz, Midyan, Asir); Kuwait; Bahrain; United Arab Emirates; Oman (Dhofar, Mascat & Oman); Yemen (Aden Desert, coastal Hadhramaut, SW-Yemen, Tihama, W-Yemen); China (Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi, Hainan, Yunnan); Taiwan; Pakistan (Karachi, Sind, Baluchistan, N. W. Frontier Prov., Hazara, Pakistani Punjab); Nepal; Bhutan; India (Andhra Pradesh, Bihar, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu & Kashmir, Karnataka, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Odisha, Punjab, Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu, Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, West Bengal); Lakshadweep Isl. [Laccadives]; Maldives; Sri Lanka; Bangladesh; Andaman Isl. (South Andaman Isl.); Bangladesh; Myanmar (Mandalay, Yangon); Thailand; Laos; Cambodia; Vietnam; South China Sea Isl.; peninsular Malaysia; Singapore [I]; Philippines (Luzon); Java; Lesser Sunda Isl. (Bali, etc.); New Guinea (Irian Jaya, Papua New Guinea); Australia (Queensland, New South Wales); Gilbert Isl. (Butaritari); Marquesas Isl. (Nuku Hiva, Fatu Hiva, Hiva Oa, Ua Huka, Tahuata); ?Society Isl.; Guam; Hawaii (Midway Isl., Niihau, Kauai, Oahu, Molokai, Lanai, Maui, Hawaii Isl.); USA (Alabama, Arizona, California, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, North Carolina, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Texas, Virginia); Mexico (Aguascalientes, Baja California Norte, Baja California Sur, Campeche, Chiapas, Coahuila, Colima, Ciudad de Mexico, Guanajuato, Guerrero, Hidalgo, Jalisco, Mexico State, Michoacán, Morelos, Nayarit, Nuevo León, Oaxaca, Puebla, Queretaro, Quintana Roo, San Luis Potosí, Sinaloa, Sonora, Tabasco, Tamaulipas, Veracruz, Yucatan, Zacatecas); Guatemala; Belize; El Salvador; Honduras; Nicaragua; Costa Rica; Panama; Bahamas; Cuba; Cayman Isl.; Jamaica; Hispaniola; Puerto Rico; Virgin Isl. (St. Croix, St. John, St. Thomas, Tortola, Virgin Gorda); Guadeloupe; Marie-Galante; Martinique; St. Lucia; Grenada; Barbados; Tobago; Trinidad; Colombia (Amazonas, Cauca, Valle); Venezuela (Carabobo, Falcon, Portuguesa); French Guiana; Ecuador; Peru; Bolivia (Beni, Cochabamba, Potosí, Santa Cruz); NE-Brazil (Ceara, Pernambuco, Bahia); WC-Brazil; SE-Brazil (Espirito Santo, São Paulo, Rio de Janeiro); S-Brazil (Paraná, Rio Grande do Sul, Santa Catarina); Paraguay (Caazapa, Pres. Hayes); Uruguay (Canelones, Colonia, Florida Prov., Lavalleja, Maldonado, Montevideo, Rio Negro, Rocha, San Jose, Soriano); Argentina (Buenos Aires, Catamarca, Chaco, Cordoba, Corrientes, Argentina Distrito Federal, Entre Rios, Formosa, Jujuy, La Rioja, Mendoza, Salta, Santiago del Estero, Santa Fe, San Juan, San Luis, Tierra del Fuego, Tucuman); Chile (Arica y Parinacota, Tarapacá, Antofagasta, Atacama, Coquimbo, Maule); Neotropical
- Basionym
- Lysimachia monnieri L.
- Published in
- Pennell. (1891). In: Nat. Pflanzenfam. IV; 3b: 77.
Media and observations
Coastal habitats (B level 1) (DAISIE - Inventory of alien invasive species in Europe)
Riverine and fen scrubs (F9 level 2) (DAISIE - Inventory of alien invasive species in Europe)
GBIF Secretariat (2023). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2026-10-05. Accessed via https://www.gbif.org/species/3171169 https://www.gbif.org/species/3171169
Common and trade names from InterAquaristik product data.
· Last updated Oct 5, 2026, 3:31 AM