Brassicaceae
Danish scurvygrass
Cochlearia groenlandica
- Family
- Brassicaceae
- Genus
- Cochlearia
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Common names
By language (7)
- Danish
- Grønlandsk Kokleare
- English
- Danish scurvygrass, Scurvygrass
- Finnish
- Grönlanninkuirimo
- Icelandic
- Fjallaskarfakál
- Norwegian Bokmål
- Polarskjørbuksurt
- Russian
- Ложечница арктическая, Ложечная трава арктическая
- Swedish
- Grönländsk skörbjuggsört
Synonyms
- Cochlearia arctica Schltdl. ex DC.
- Cochlearia arctica subsp. arctica
- Cochlearia arctica subsp. oblongifolia (DC.) V.V.Petrovsky
- Cochlearia fenestrata R.Br. ex DC.
- Cochlearia fenestrata R.Br.
- Cochlearia groenlandica subsp. islandica (Pobed.) Á.Löve
- Cochlearia islandica Pobed.
- Cochlearia lenensis Adams ex Fisch.
- Cochlearia oblongifolia DC.
- Cochlearia officinalis subsp. arctica (Schltdl.) Hultén
- Cochlearia officinalis subsp. groenlandica (L.) A.E.Porsild
- Cochlearia officinalis subsp. oblongifolia (DC.) Hultén
- Cochlearia officinalis subsp. oblongifolia (DC.) Nyman
- Cochlearia officinalis var. arctica (DC.) Gelert
- Cochlearia officinalis var. groenlandica (L.) Gelert
- Cochlearia officinalis var. oblongifolia (DC.) Gelert
- Cochleariopsis groenlandica (L.) Á.Löve & D.Löve
- Cochleariopsis groenlandica subsp. arctica (DC.) Á.Löve & D.Löve
- Cochleariopsis groenlandica subsp. oblongifolia (DC.) Á.Löve & D.Löve
- Draba cochlearioides Turcz. ex Besser
- Eutrema rossii Spreng.
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Annual, Biennial, Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Alaska: native, Canada: native, Greenland: native, Lower 48 states: native, St. Pierre and Miquelon: native
Photos
Photo: Bjoertvedt, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Bjoertvedt, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Bjoertvedt, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
More in Cochlearia
- Common scurvygrassCochlearia officinalisBrassicaceae
- Early scurvygrassCochlearia danicaBrassicaceae
- English scurvy-grassCochlearia anglicaBrassicaceae
- 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); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.