Onagraceae
Small enchanter's nightshade
Circaea alpina
- Family
- Onagraceae
- Genus
- Circaea
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Common names
By language (20)
- Chinese
- 高山露珠草, 狭叶露珠草
- Czech
- Čarovník alpský, Čarovník prostřední
- Dutch
- Alpenheksenkruid
- English
- Small enchanter's nightshade, Alpine enchanter’s-nightshade, Enchanter's nightshade
- Estonian
- Harilik nõiakold, Nõiakold
- Finnish
- Pikkuvelholehti, Velholehti
- French
- Circée des Alpes
- German
- Alpen-Hexenkraut, Alpenhexenkraut, Gebirgs-Hexenkraut, Gebirgshexenkraut, Kleines Hexenkraut
- hsb
- Mała kuzłarnička
- Hungarian
- Havasi varázslófű
- Japanese
- ミヤマタニタデ
- Lithuanian
- Mažoji dantenė
- Norwegian Bokmål
- Trollurt
- Polish
- Czartawa drobna
- Slovak
- Čarovník alpínsky
- Slovenian
- Alpski nadlišček
- Swedish
- Dvärghäxört
- Ukrainian
- Відьмине зілля низьке
- Vietnamese
- Quái quả núi cao
- Welsh
- Llysiau-Steffan y mynydd
Synonyms
- Circaea alpina var. alpina
- Circaea alpina var. rosulata H.Hara
- Circaea lutetiana subsp. alpina (L.) H.Lév.
- Circaea lutetiana var. alpina (L.) Torr.
- Circaea lutetiana var. alpina (L.) H.Lév.
- Circaea racemosa var. alpina (L.) Hill
- Ocimastrum minimum Rupr.
- Regmus alpinus (L.) Dulac
Flowers
- Flower colour
- white (USDA PLANTS Database)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Alaska: native, Canada: native, Lower 48 states: native, St. Pierre and Miquelon: native
Photos
Photo: Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Walter Siegmund, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Walter Siegmund, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Superior National Forest, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Superior National Forest, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Superior National Forest, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Agnieszka Kwiecień, Nova, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Agnieszka Kwiecień, Nova, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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- Circaea erubescensOnagraceae
- Circaea canadensisOnagraceae
- Circaea glabrescensOnagraceae
- Circaea repensOnagraceae
- Circaea × decipiensOnagraceae
- Circaea × dubiaOnagraceae
- Circaea × mentiensOnagraceae
- Circaea × ovataOnagraceae
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.