Cucurbitaceae
White bryony
Bryonia alba
- Family
- Cucurbitaceae
- Genus
- Bryonia
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Common names
By language (30)
- Arabic
- فاشرا بيضاء, الكرمة البيضاء, فاشر حالق الشعر, فاشرة
- Armenian
- Լոշտակ սպիտակ
- arz
- بريونيا البا
- Azerbaijani
- Ağ küstüşam
- Basque
- Astamahats ale-beltz, Astamahats alebeltz
- Belarusian
- Пярэступ белы, Пераступ, Пераступнік
- Chinese
- 白泻根
- Croatian
- Tikvina debela
- Czech
- Posed bílý
- Danish
- Enbo Galdebær
- Dutch
- White Bryony
- English
- White bryony
- Estonian
- Harilik koeranaeris
- Finnish
- Mustakoiranköynnös
- German
- Weisse Zaunrübe, Weiße Zaunrübe, Gichtrübe, Schwarzbeerige Zaunrübe, Schwarzfrüchtige Zaunrübe, Teufelsrübe
- hsb
- Běła poćel
- Hungarian
- Fekete földitök, Büdös gönye, Földitök
- Irish
- Unach gheal, Uranach gheal
- Kazakh
- Сыртыдән итжүзім
- Latvian
- Baltā sētvija
- Macedonian
- Дива тиква
- Norwegian Bokmål
- Svartgallebær, Svartgallbær
- Norwegian Nynorsk
- Svartgallbær
- Persian
- بریونیا آلبا
- Polish
- Przestęp biały
- Russian
- Переступень белый, Бриония белая
- Slovak
- Posed biely
- Slovenian
- Črnojagodasti bluščec
- Swedish
- Hundrova
- Ukrainian
- Переступень білий, Бріонія біла
Synonyms
- Bryonia dioica M.Bieb.
- Bryonia monoeca E.H.L.Krause
- Bryonia nigra Gilib.
- Bryonia vulgaris Gueldenst. ex Ledeb.
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb, Vine
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: introduced
Photos
FlowerPhoto: brunsonm, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: David Sandler, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: snaily_naily, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: crothfels, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Georgi Kunev, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: moi.plique, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: RJ Baltierra, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: H. Zell, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: Valentina M, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Andre Hosper, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: H. Zell, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: Valentina M, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF
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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.