Lepidagathis alopecuroidea

Pata de gallons
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Asterids
Order:	Lamiales
Family:	Acanthaceae
Genus:	Lepidagathis
Species:	L. alopecuroidea
Binomial name
	Lepidagathis alopecuroidea; (Vahl) R.Br. ex Griseb.
Synonyms
	Adenosma chenopodiifolia (Poir.) Spreng. ; Aetheilema alopecuroidea (Vahl) Spreng. ; Aetheilema haenkei Nees ; Justicia procumbens Thiéb.-Bern. ex Nees ; Lepidagathis hyssopifolia (Benth.) T.Anderson ; Lepidagathis laguroidea (Nees) T.Anderson ; Lepidagathis lanceolata (Nees) Wassh. ; Lepidagathis laurentii De Wild. ; Ruellia alopecuroidea Vahl ; Ruellia chenopodiifolia Poir. ; Ruellia lagopodes Ryan ex Nees ; Teliostachya alopecuroidea (Vahl) Nees ; Teliostachya hyssopifolia Benth. ; Teliostachya laguroidea Nees ; Teliostachya lanceolata Nees ; Teliostachya petraea Leonard ;

Lepidagathis alopecuroidea, synonym Teliostachya alopecuroidea,^[1] the pata de gallina,^[2] is a plant with a wide distribution in the Americas (from southern Mexico to northern Paraguay) and Africa (from west tropical Africa to east Tanzania and Angola).^[1]