Brassicaceae
Early scurvygrass
Cochlearia danica
- Family
- Brassicaceae
- Genus
- Cochlearia
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Common names
By language (15)
- arz
- قوقعه دانيكا
- Danish
- Dansk Kokleare
- Dutch
- Deens lepelblad
- English
- Early scurvygrass, Danish scurvygrass
- Estonian
- Taani merisalat
- Finnish
- Tanskankuirimo
- French
- Cochléaire danoise
- German
- Dänisches Löffelkraut
- hsb
- Danski chrěn
- kw
- Kraghles danek
- Norwegian Bokmål
- Dansk skjørbuksurt
- Persian
- کچلریا دانیکا
- Polish
- Warzucha duńska
- Swedish
- Dansk skörbjuggsört
- Welsh
- Llwylys Denmarc
Synonyms
- Cochlearia hastata Moench
- Cochlearia hederacea Gray
- Cochlearia minima Steud.
- Cochlearia officinalis subsp. danica (L.) Hook.f.
- Crucifera danica E.H.L.Krause
Flowers
- In flower
- March to May (from 115 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Ben Deed, CC0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Brenda Black, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Malcolm Gould, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Pto, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: User:Strobilomyces, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Grzegorz Grzejszczak, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: AnRo0002, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: AnRo0002, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Wilma Harper, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: AnRo0002, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Robert H. Wardell, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: AnRo0002, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons
More in Cochlearia
- Common scurvygrassCochlearia officinalisBrassicaceae
- English scurvy-grassCochlearia anglicaBrassicaceae
- Danish scurvygrassCochlearia groenlandicaBrassicaceae
- Cochlearia pyrenaicaBrassicaceae
- Tatra scurvy-grassCochlearia tatraeBrassicaceae
- Polish scurvy-grassCochlearia polonicaBrassicaceae
- Cochlearia bavaricaBrassicaceae
- Cochlearia aestuariaBrassicaceae
- Mountain scurvygrassCochlearia micaceaBrassicaceae
- Scottish scurvygrassCochlearia scoticaBrassicaceae
- Sessileleaf scurvygrassCochlearia sessilifoliaBrassicaceae
- CochleariaCochlearia tridactylitesBrassicaceae
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); US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.