Brassicaceae
Crossflower
Chorispora tenella
- Family
- Brassicaceae
- Genus
- Chorispora
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Common names
By language (10)
- Belarusian
- Харыспора далікатная
- Chinese
- 离子芥, 離子芥, 离子草, 红花荠菜, 荠儿菜
- Czech
- Drobnosemenka jemná
- English
- Crossflower
- Estonian
- Õrn korispoor
- Finnish
- Irsokki, Hentoirsokki
- Korean
- 뿔냉이
- Russian
- Хориспора нежная, Дробноплодница нежная, Ломкоплодник нежный, Редечка нежная, Хориспора тоненькая, Чёткоплодник нежный
- Slovenian
- Nežni členolusk
- Swedish
- Hönsrättika
Synonyms
- Cheiranthus chius Pall.
- Cheiranthus taraxacifolius Schrank
- Chorispermum arcuatum Andrz. ex DC.
- Chorispermum tenellum W.T.Aiton
- Crucifera tenella (Pall.) E.H.L.Krause
- Hesperis arcuata Nocca
- Hesperis tenella hort. ex DC.
- Raphanus arcuatus Willd.
- Raphanus monnetii H.Lév.
- Raphanus tataricus Falk
- Raphanus tenellus Pall.
- Sinapis rubella Pall.
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Annual
- In the US and Canada
- Canada: introduced, Lower 48 states: introduced
Photos
Photo: Walter Siegmund, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Matt Lavin from Bozeman, Montana, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Matt Lavin from Bozeman, Montana, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Matt Lavin from Bozeman, Montana, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Matt Lavin from Bozeman, Montana, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Matt Lavin from Bozeman, Montana, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Matt Lavin from Bozeman, Montana, USA, CC BY-SA 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.