Apiaceae
Japanese honewort
Cryptotaenia japonica
- Family
- Apiaceae
- Genus
- Cryptotaenia
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Common names
By language (11)
- Arabic
- بقدونس بري ياباني
- arz
- بقدونس برى يابانى
- Chinese
- 鴨兒芹, 鸭儿芹, 深裂鸭儿芹, 鸭儿芹果, 鸭儿芹根, 羽裂鸭儿芹, 多裂鸭儿芹
- English
- Japanese honewort, East Asian wildparsley, Japanese cryptotaenia, Mitsuba, White chervil
- German
- Mitsuba
- Indonesian
- Mitsuba
- Japanese
- ミツバ, みつば, ミツバゼリ, 三つ葉, 三ツ葉, 三葉, 三葉芹, 野蜀葵
- Korean
- 파드득나물, 반디나물
- Persian
- کریپتوتائهنیا
- Portuguese
- Cryptotaenia
- Spanish
- Cryptotaenia
Synonyms
- Cryptotaenia canadensis f. atropurpurea (Makino) Yonek.
- Cryptotaenia canadensis f. dissecta (Y.Yabe) Makino
- Cryptotaenia canadensis f. warabiana (Makino) Yonek.
- Cryptotaenia canadensis subsp. japonica (Hassk.) Hand.-Mazz.
- Cryptotaenia canadensis var. japonica (Hassk.) Makino
- Cryptotaenia japonica f. dissecta (Y.Yabe) H.Hara
- Cryptotaenia japonica f. japonica
- Cryptotaenia japonica f. pinnatisecta S.L.Liou
- Cryptotaenia japonica f. warabiana (Makino) H.Hara
- Cryptotaenia japonica var. atropurpurea Makino
- Cryptotaenia japonica var. dissecta Y.Yabe
- Cryptotaenia japonica var. warabiana Makino
- Deringa dissecta Koso-Pol.
- Deringa japonica (Hassk.) Koso-Pol.
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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.