Apiaceae
Rock samphire
Crithmum maritimum
- Family
- Apiaceae
- Genus
- Crithmum
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Common names
By language (42)
- Arabic
- شمرة بحرية, شمرة, قرثمن بحري
- arz
- قرثمن بحرى
- Asturian
- Fenoyu marín
- Basque
- Itsas mihilu, Itsas-mihilu
- Bulgarian
- Морски копър
- Catalan
- Fonoll marí, Fenoll marí, Fenouil marin
- Cebuano
- Crithmum
- Chinese
- 海茴香
- Corsican
- Bassiccia, Basciccia
- Croatian
- Motar, Matar
- Czech
- Motar přímořský
- Dutch
- Zeevenkel
- English
- Rock samphire, Samphire, Sea fennel
- Finnish
- Merifenkoli
- French
- Criste marine, Fenouil marin, Passe-pierre, Criste-marine, Crithme, Crithme maritime
- German
- Meerfenchel, Fenouil marin
- Greek
- Κρίταμος
- gv
- Lus ny greg
- Hebrew
- קריתמון ימי
- Indonesian
- Adas laut
- Irish
- Craobhraic
- Italian
- Finocchio marino, Finocchio di mare
- Kazakh
- Теңіз аскөгі
- kw
- Fenoghel mor
- Latin
- Batis
- Lithuanian
- Pajūrinis kritmas, Fenouil marin
- Malay
- Balung bahar
- Maltese
- Bużbież il-baħar
- Norwegian Bokmål
- Sanktpeterskjerm
- Norwegian Nynorsk
- Sanktpeterskjerm
- Persian
- کریتمم
- Polish
- Kowniatek nadmorski
- Portuguese
- Perrexil do mar, Perrexil-do-mar
- Russian
- Критмум, Критмум морской, Критмум приморский, Морской укроп
- Serbian (Latin)
- Motar
- Slovak
- Motar prímorský
- Slovenian
- Navadni morski koprc
- Spanish
- Cresta marina, Fenoll mari, Fenoll marí, Hinojo de mar, Hinojo marino, Pastanaga, Pastinaca marina, Peregil de la isla
- Swedish
- Strandsilja
- Turkish
- Kaya koruğu, Deniz rezenesi
- war
- Crithmum
- Welsh
- Corn-carw‘r môr
Synonyms
- Cachrys maritima (L.) Spreng.
- Crithmum canariense Cav.
Flowers
- In flower
- July to September (from 1,123 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Photos
FlowerPhoto: ivan_humljani, CC0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Donatas Pocius, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Alan Prather, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Pieter Prins, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Viktor, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Meneerke bloem, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Ryan McMinds, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Alvesgaspar, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Alberto Garcia from Cartagena, Spain, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Žan Rode, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Daniel Ventura, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Christoph Moning, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
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). About our plant data.