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Asteraceae

Rush skeletonweed

Chondrilla juncea L.

Family
Asteraceae
Genus
Chondrilla

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Rush skeletonweed (Chondrilla juncea)
FlowerPhoto: Skjold Søndergaard, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist

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Common names

By language (22)
Arabic
قندرون أسلي, قندرون رمادي, قندرون عريض الأوراق
Armenian
Խիժաճարճատուկ կնյունանման
arz
قندرون اسلى
Asturian
Chicoria dulce
Belarusian
Хандрыла звычайная
Bulgarian
Обикновен кривец
Catalan
Fusell, Herba masteguera, Xicòria dolça
Chinese
灰白粉苞菊, 粉苞苣
Croatian
Žuta zvečka
Czech
Radyk prutnatý
Dutch
Knikbloem
English
Rush skeletonweed, Chondrilla, Gum succory
Finnish
Isopiiskasalaatti
French
Chondrille effilée
German
Grosser Knorpellattich, Großer Knorpellattich, Binsenknorpellattich, Binsen-Knorpellattich
Hebrew
כונדרילה סמרנית
Kurdish
Benîştê Qânok
Persian
قندرون
Romanian
Răsfug
Spanish
Aballaderas, Abujera, Achicoria dulce, Achicorias dulces, Agujera, Agujeras, Ajonjera de penas, Ajonjera de peñas
Ukrainian
Хондрила ситниковидна, Батоги широколисті
vec
Crencanèla

Synonyms

  • Chondrilla acantholepis Boiss.
  • Chondrilla acanthophylla Borkh. ex Rchb.
  • Chondrilla acanthophylla Borkh.
  • Chondrilla angustissima Hegetschw.
  • Chondrilla bornmuelleri Haeckel
  • Chondrilla canescens Kar. & Kir.
  • Chondrilla gaudinii Hegetschw.
  • Chondrilla glomerata K.Koch
  • Chondrilla graminea M.Bieb.
  • Chondrilla gummifera Iljin
  • Chondrilla hispida Desf.
  • Chondrilla intybacea Friv.
  • Chondrilla juncea subsp. acantholepis (Boiss.) Takht.
  • Chondrilla juncea subsp. acanthophylla (Borkh.) Arcang.
  • Chondrilla juncea subsp. canescens (Kar. & Kir.) Iljin
  • Chondrilla juncea subsp. glabrescens Iljin
  • Chondrilla juncea subsp. juncea
  • Chondrilla juncea subsp. latifolia (M.Bieb.) Arcang.
  • Chondrilla juncea subsp. macrocarpa Chrtek
  • Chondrilla juncea unranked latifolia (M.Bieb.) Reichenau
  • Chondrilla juncea unranked setosa G.Mey.
  • Chondrilla juncea var. acantholepis (Boiss.) Boiss.
  • Chondrilla juncea var. graminea (M.Bieb.) Schmalh.
  • Chondrilla juncea var. juncea
  • Chondrilla juncea var. latifolia (M.Bieb.) K.Koch ex Iljin
  • Chondrilla juncea var. longifolia Nasseh
  • Chondrilla juncea var. nuda Peterm.
  • Chondrilla juncea var. spinulosa W.D.J.Koch
  • Chondrilla juncea var. vulgaris Schmalh.
  • Chondrilla laciniata Steven
  • Chondrilla latifolia M.Bieb.
  • Chondrilla lutea Dulac
  • Chondrilla rigens Rchb.
  • Chondrilla vallisoletana Pau
  • Chondrilla viminea Bubani
  • Chondrilla viscosa Gilib.

Characteristics

Growth habit
Forb/herb
Lifespan
Perennial
In the US and Canada
Canada: introduced, Lower 48 states: introduced

Photos

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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.