Fabaceae
Professor-weed
Galega officinalis
- Family
- Fabaceae
- Genus
- Galega
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Common names
By language (38)
- Arabic
- مدرة مخزنية, الزهرة المدرة, سذاب الماعز, مكنانة مخزنية
- Armenian
- Այծախոտ դեղագործական, Քոշփեգենա
- arz
- مدره مخزنيه
- azb
- درمان چپیش اوْتو
- Azerbaijani
- Dərman çəpişotu
- Bulgarian
- Жаблек, Жабляк
- Catalan
- Galega
- Chinese
- 山羊豆, 乳豆
- Czech
- Jestřabina lékařská
- Dutch
- Galega
- English
- Professor-weed, Goat's rue
- Finnish
- Rohtovuohenherne
- French
- Galéga officinal, Rue de chèvre
- German
- Geissraute, Geißraute, Echte Geißraute, Accoromba tricolor, Bockskraut, Pockenraute, Suchtkraut, Ziegenraute
- Hebrew
- צער העיזים
- hsb
- Lěkarska rutowka
- Hungarian
- Orvosi kecskeruta
- Icelandic
- Læknastrábelgur
- Italian
- Erba ruta delle capre, Galega
- Japanese
- ガレガソウ
- Lithuanian
- Ožiarūtis
- Macedonian
- Здралка
- Norwegian Bokmål
- Geitvikke
- os
- Сæгъгæрдæг
- Persian
- شیرین بیان سا
- Polish
- Rutwica lekarska
- Portuguese
- Arruda-caprária
- Romanian
- Ciumărea
- Russian
- Козлятник лекарственный, Галега лекарственная, Козлятник аптечный, Козья рута
- Serbian
- Ždraljevina, Ждраљевина
- Serbian (Latin)
- Ždraljevina, Ždraljika
- Slovak
- Jastrabina lekárska
- Slovenian
- Navadna jastrebina
- Spanish
- Alfalfa gallega, Alfalfa inglesa, Gallega, Hierba galega, Indigo falso, Ruda capraria, Ruda galega, Yerba galega
- Swedish
- Getruta
- Turkish
- Keçisedefi, Keçi sedef otu
- Ukrainian
- Козлятник лікарський
- Welsh
- Ruw'r geifr
Synonyms
- Accorombona tricolor (Hook.) Benth. ex Walp.
- Callotropis tricolor (Hook.) G.Don
- Galega alba Schult.
- Galega bicolor Boiss. & Hausskn.
- Galega biloba Sweet
- Galega coronilloides Freyn & Sint.
- Galega officinalis var. albiflora Halácsy
- Galega patula Steven
- Galega persica Pers.
- Galega tricolor Hook.
- Galega vulgaris Lam.
- Tephrosia tricolor (Hook.) Sweet
Flowers
- In flower
- June to September, December to January (from 614 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb, Subshrub
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Canada: introduced, Lower 48 states: introduced
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Mara McHaffie, CC0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Sandy Wolkenberg, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Joss Carr, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Pavel Kacl, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Wikimedia Commons contributor, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Sandy Wolkenberg, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: H. Zell, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Tom Erler, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Franz Xaver, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Ljaž, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Steve Dewey, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: ÖkopatóPál, CC0, 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.