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Crucianella maritima L.

Family
Rubiaceae
Genus
Crucianella

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Crucianella maritima: Crucianella maritima L., Netanya Beach, Israel, May 2, 2009.
Photo: Gideon Pisanty, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons

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Common names

By language (2)
Arabic
حشيشة الصليب البحري
Russian
Крестовница морская

Synonyms

  • Crucianella erecta Shecut
  • Crucianella maritima f. recurvata Sennen
  • Crucianella maritima subsp. rupestris (Guss.) Nyman
  • Crucianella rupestris Guss.
  • Rubeola maritima (L.) Moench

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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). About our plant data.