Apiaceae
Large bullwort
Ammi majus
- Family
- Apiaceae
- Genus
- Ammi
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Common names
By language (23)
- Afrikaans
- Kantblom
- Arabic
- خلة شيطانية, خلة, سدا
- arz
- خله شيطانيه
- Azerbaijani
- Böyük dişqurtlayan, May dişqurtlayanı
- Catalan
- Siscla
- Chinese
- 大阿米芹
- Czech
- Pakmín větší, Morač větší
- Dutch
- Groot akkerscherm
- English
- Large bullwort, Bishopsweed, Greater ammi, Laceflower, Lady’s lace, Queen Anne's lace, Bishop's weed
- Estonian
- Suur ammi
- Finnish
- Isosudenporkkana
- German
- Große Knorpelmöhre, Bischofskraut, Großes Ammei
- Hebrew
- אמיתה גדולה
- Malayalam
- അമ്മി മാജസ്
- os
- Æхсæнпъæз
- Persian
- آمی ماجوس
- Polish
- Aminek większy
- Russian
- Амми большая
- Slovenian
- Velika peščenica
- Spanish
- Ameo Mayor, Espuma del Mar, Apio Cimarrón, Encaje, Aneo bastardo, Hinojo borde, Jistra, Sistra
- Swedish
- Slöjsilja
- Turkish
- Yabani diş otu
- Welsh
- Esgoblys
Synonyms
- Ammi majus var. genuinum Gren. & Godr.
- Ammi majus var. glaucifolium (L.) Noulet
- Apium ammi Crantz
- Carum majus (L.) Koso-Pol.
- Visnaga major (L.) J.Vick
Flowers
- In flower
- April to August, November to December (from 187 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Annual
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: introduced
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Jon Sullivan, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Nicola van Berkel, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Shaun Swanepoel, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: David Sankey, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Eleftherios Katsillis, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: H. Zell, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: H. Zell, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Jose Gutierrez Higa, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Harry Rose from South West Rocks, Australia, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Harry Rose from South West Rocks, Australia, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Eleftherios Katsillis, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Harry Rose from South West Rocks, Australia, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.