Onagraceae
Enchanter's nightshade
Circaea × intermedia
- Family
- Onagraceae
- Genus
- Circaea
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Common names
By language (6)
- Dutch
- Klein heksenkruid
- English
- Enchanter's nightshade
- German
- Mittleres Hexenkraut
- Norwegian Bokmål
- Mellomtrollurt
- Polish
- Czartawa pośrednia
- Slovenian
- Srednji nadlišček
Synonyms
- Circaea alpestris Wallr.
- Circaea alpina subsp. intermedia (Ehrh.) Bonnier & Layens
- Circaea alpina var. intermedia (Ehrh.) Willd.
- Circaea alpina var. intermedia (Ehrh.) DC.
- Circaea alpina var. major Schrad.
- Circaea alpina var. sterilis Döll
- Circaea canadensis var. rishiriensis H.Hara
- Circaea ericetorum Martrin-Donos
- Circaea intermedia f. alpina Brahy & Hoff
- Circaea intermedia f. bracteolata H.Lév. ex Hegi
- Circaea intermedia f. lutetiana Brahy & Hoff
- Circaea intermedia f. major H.Lév. ex Hegi
- Circaea intermedia f. minor H.Lév. ex Hegi
- Circaea intermedia var. aequilata Lasch
- Circaea intermedia var. ericetorum (Martrin-Donos) Rouy & E.G.Camus
- Circaea intermedia var. inaequilata Lasch
- Circaea intermedia var. minor Grognot
- Circaea lutetiana f. ericetorum (Martrin-Donos) H.Lév.
- Circaea lutetiana prol. intermedia (Ehrh.) H.Lév.
- Circaea lutetiana subsp. intermedia (Ehrh.) Rouy & E.G.Camus
- Circaea lutetiana var. ericetorum (Martrin-Donos) Rouy & E.G.Camus
- Circaea lutetiana var. glabra Soy.-Will.
- Circaea lutetiana var. intermedia Farw.
- Circaea lutetiana var. intermedia (Ehrh.) Hornem.
- Circaea lutetiana var. minor (Grognot) Rouy & E.G.Camus
- Ocimastrum intermedium (Ehrh.) Rupr.
Flowers
- In flower
- July to August (from 6 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Canada: native, Lower 48 states: native
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Thomas Gyselinck, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
LeavesPhoto: Thomas Gyselinck, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Konrad Lackerbeck, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: mirjam bos, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Björn Sothmann, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: Daniel Halabica, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Michal Honskus, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: goriot, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Angelika Baumann, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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- Circaea erubescensOnagraceae
- Circaea canadensisOnagraceae
- Circaea glabrescensOnagraceae
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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.