| Scientific Name: | Chaenostoma cordatum ( syn. Sutera cordata ) |
| Common Name: | bacopa |
| Family Name: | Scrophulariaceae |
| Origin: | Africa |
| Hardiness Zone: | Zone 9: (-7 to -1 °C) |
| Plant Type: | Annual (grown as), Flowering pot plant |
| Mature Size: | 0.1 - 0.2m x 1.0 - 1.5m (height x width) |
| Habit: | Pendulous |
| Form: | Creeping / Mat-like, Irregular, Weeping |
| Texture: | Fine |
| Landscape Uses: | Attract beneficial insects, Bedding plant, Container planting, Hanging basket |
| Exposure: | Full sun, Part sun/part shade |
| Soil or Media: | Well-drained |
| Leaves: | Simple, Alternate, Soft flexible, Pubescent, Ovate, Ciliate, Dentate |
| Flowers: | Cyme, White, Blue, Purple, Pink, Jun-Jul-Aug-Sep-Oct |
| Fruit: | Capsule, Brown, Aug-Sep-Oct |
| Key ID Features: | |
| Stems trailing, pubescent; leaves alternate, 1-2cm long x 0.5-1.5cm wide, ovate, light green, margin dentate; flowers salver-shaped, ~1.5cm wide, white petals, yellow throat. | |