Cynomoriaceae
Red thumb
Cynomorium coccineum
- Family
- Cynomoriaceae
- Genus
- Cynomorium
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Common names
By language (5)
- Arabic
- زب الأرض, مسرور
- English
- Red thumb
- Italian
- Fungo di Malta
- Kazakh
- ЖЕРШОШАҚ, Циноморий
- Spanish
- Calaguala falsa, Carajos de moro, Cipote, Cipote de lobo, Esponja de Malta, Hopo de lobo, Jopo de lobo, Jopo de Malta
Photos
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Photo: Hans Hillewaert, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Hans Hillewaert, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Ziegler175, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Alastair Rae from London, United Kingdom, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Eckhard Bick, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Sources: classification 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.