Brassicaceae
Herb sophia
Descurainia sophia
- Family
- Brassicaceae
- Genus
- Descurainia
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Common names
By language (32)
- Arabic
- سمارة/ سمارة الحلبة
- Armenian
- Ավլախոտ սովորական
- arz
- ديسكوريا صوفيا
- Belarusian
- Дэскурайнія Сафіі
- Bulgarian
- Войничица
- Catalan
- Herba de Santa Sofia
- Chinese
- 播娘蒿, 大叶香荠菜, 大蒜芥, 婆婆蒿, 密密蒿, 抱娘蒿, 眉毛蒿, 眉眉蒿
- Czech
- Úhorník mnohodílný
- Danish
- Finbladet Vejsennep
- Dutch
- Sofiekruid
- English
- Herb sophia, Flixweed
- Estonian
- Rihu-peenlook
- Finnish
- Litutilli, Rohtolitutilli
- French
- Descurainie sagesse, sagesse-des-chirurgiens
- German
- Gewöhnliche Besenrauke, Sophienkraut, Besenrauke, Sophienrauke
- glk
- خاکشیر
- Hebrew
- דקורניה מנוצה
- hsb
- Smjerdźaca rukej
- Hungarian
- Sebforrasztó zsombor
- Lithuanian
- Paprastasis poklius
- lzh
- 播娘蒿
- Norwegian Bokmål
- Hundesennep
- nv
- Ostseʼ yiltʼąąʼí
- Persian
- خاکشی
- Polish
- Stulicha psia
- Romanian
- Voinicuță
- Russian
- Декурения Софии, Декурения Софьи, Дескурайния Софии
- Sindhi
- خاڪشير
- Slovak
- Úhorník liečivý
- Slovenian
- Žabji koprc
- Swedish
- Stillfrö, Dillsenap
- Welsh
- Piblys
Synonyms
- Arabis sophia (L.) Bernh.
- Crucifera sophia (L.) E.H.L.Krause
- Descurainia sophia var. brachycarpa O.E.Schulz
- Descurainia sophia var. glabrata N.Busch
- Descurainia sophia var. sophia Webb ex Prantl
- Discurea sophia (L.) Schur
- Hesperis hermanniana Kuntze
- Hesperis sophia Kuntze
- Hesperis tripinnata (DC.) Kuntze
- Phryne sophia (L.) Bubani
- Sinapis tripinnata (DC.) Burch.
- Sisymbrium absinthoides Gray
- Sisymbrium parviflorum Lam.
- Sisymbrium persicum Schrad. ex Spreng.
- Sisymbrium pseudosophia Boiss. & A.Huet
- Sisymbrium robesetti Steud.
- Sisymbrium sophia L.
- Sisymbrium sophia var. brachycarpum Boiss.
- Sisymbrium tenuissimum Kar. & Kir.
- Sisymbrium tripinnatum DC.
- Sophia chirurgorum Garsault
- Sophia lobelii Rupr.
- Sophia parviflora Standl.
- Sophia sophia Britton
- Sophia vulgaris Fourr.
Flowers
- In flower
- April to June (from 609 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Annual, Biennial
- In the US and Canada
- Alaska: introduced, Canada: introduced, Greenland: introduced, Hawaii: introduced, Lower 48 states: introduced
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Oleg Kosterin, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Kallum McDonald, CC0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: petitcrabe, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Kallum McDonald, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Fornax, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Matt Lavin from Bozeman, Montana, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Sandy Wolkenberg, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Matt Lavin from Bozeman, Montana, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Гущина Ангелина Викторовна, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Марина Давлетшина, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Jennifer Siegmann, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: carnifex, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
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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.