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Apiaceae

Sickleweed

Falcaria vulgaris Bernh.

Family
Apiaceae
Genus
Falcaria

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Sickleweed: Falcaria vulgaris
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Common names

By language (24)
Arabic
هيردان
Armenian
Սիբեխ սովորական
arz
هيردان
azb
قازایاغی
Belarusian
Сярпок звычайны
Bulgarian
Обикновен сърпец
Czech
Srpek obecný
Dutch
Sikkelkruid
English
Sickleweed, Longleaf
Estonian
Harilik sirpputk
French
Falcaire
Georgian
Ჩვეულებრივი კოფრჩხილა
German
Gemeine Sichelmöhre, Gewöhnliche Sichelmöhre, Sichelmöhre, Sicheldolde
Hungarian
Közönséges sarlófű
Kazakh
Қарғатұяқ
Lithuanian
Liaugara, Paprastoji liaugara
Norwegian Bokmål
Sagkjeks
Persian
پاغازه
Polish
Sierpnica pospolita
Russian
Резак обыкновенный
Slovenian
Navadna srpnica
Swedish
Skärblad
Ukrainian
Різак звичайний
Welsh
Hirddail

Synonyms

  • Bunium falcaria M.Bieb.
  • Carum falcaria Lange
  • Critamus agrestis (Hoffm.) Besser
  • Critamus falcaria Rchb.
  • Drepanophyllum agreste Hoffm.
  • Drepanophyllum falcaria Desv.
  • Drepanophyllum sioides Wibel
  • Falcaria agrestis (Hoffm.) Sweet
  • Falcaria falcaria H.Karst.
  • Falcaria glauca Dulac
  • Falcaria neglectissima Klokov
  • Falcaria persica Stapf & Wettst. ex Stapf
  • Falcaria rivini Host
  • Falcaria serrata St.-Lag.
  • Falcaria sioides (Wibel) Asch.
  • Helosciadium falcaria Hegetschw.
  • Prionitis falcaria Dumort.
  • Prionitis falcata Delarbre
  • Selinum falcaria E.H.L.Krause
  • Seseli falcaria Crantz
  • Sium falcaria L.
  • Sium falcatum Dubois

Characteristics

Growth habit
Forb/herb
Lifespan
Perennial
In the US and Canada
Lower 48 states: introduced

Photos

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.