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Herb bennet

Geum urbanum L.

Family
Rosaceae
Genus
Geum

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Herb bennet (Geum urbanum)
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Common names

By language (45)
ab
Абыҭә
Arabic
حشيشة المبارك المدينية, حشيشة المحارب, حشيشة مباركة
arz
حشيشة المبارك المدينيه
azb
شهر چینقیل اوْتو
Azerbaijani
Şəhər çınqılotu
ba
Ҡыҫыр сәскә
Belarusian
Панікніца гарадская
Bulgarian
Градско омайниче
Catalan
Herba de Sant Benet
Chinese
歐亞路邊青, 水楊梅
csb
Zwëczajny scyżnik
Czech
Kuklík městský
Danish
Feber-Nellikerod
Dutch
Geel nagelkruid, Gewoon nagelkruid
English
Herb bennet, Wood avens
Estonian
Maamõõl
Finnish
Kyläkellukka
French
Benoîte commune, Benoîte urbaine, Benoite commune, Benoîte officinale, Herbe-de-Saint-Benoît
German
Echte Nelkenwurz, Gewöhnliche Nelkenwurz, Benediktinerkraut
hsb
Prawy kuklik, Kuknik, Sadnica, Sadnik, Zadnik
Hungarian
Gyömbérgyökér
Icelandic
Sóldalafífill
Irish
Macall coille
Kazakh
Қала гравилаты
kw
Lesbenigys an koos
Latvian
Pilsētas bitene
Lithuanian
Geltonoji žiognagė
Macedonian
Зајачко стапало
Norwegian Bokmål
Kratthumleblom
Norwegian Nynorsk
Kratthumleblom
pcd
Iérpe sinte-bénòte, Iérpe sint-bénò, Iérpe éd fu
Persian
علف مبارک
Polish
Kuklik pospolity
Portuguese
Erva-benta
Romanian
Cerențel, Cerenţel
Russian
Гравилат городской
Serbian
Zečija stopa, Зечија стопа
Serbian (Latin)
Zečija stopa, Blaženak, Srčenik, Zečja stopa
Slovak
Kuklík mestský
Slovenian
Navadna sretena
Spanish
Hierba Bennet, Alquimila, Cariofilada oficinal, Clavelada, Hierba de San Benito, Islera, Raiz bendita, Raiz benedicta
Swedish
Nejlikrot, Nejlikkummer
Turkish
Su karanfili
Ukrainian
Гравілат міський
Welsh
Mapgoll, Llysiau f'anwylyd

Synonyms

  • Bernoullia media Raf.
  • Caryophyllata officinalis Scop.
  • Caryophyllata officinalis Moench
  • Caryophyllata urbana (L.) Scop.
  • Caryophyllata vulgaris Lam.
  • Geum ambiguum Schur
  • Geum caryophyllata Gilib.
  • Geum caucasicum C.A.Mey.
  • Geum hederifolium C.C.Gmel.
  • Geum hirtum Wahlb.
  • Geum hyrcanum C.A.Mey.
  • Geum ibericum Besser ex Boiss.
  • Geum ibericum Besser ex Scheutz
  • Geum intermedium var. rubifolium (Lej.) Fisch. & Trautv.
  • Geum klettianum Peterm.
  • Geum klettianum Peterm.
  • Geum klettianum var. semperflorens Pers.
  • Geum pseudomolle Pant.
  • Geum rivale subsp. urbanum (L.) Á.Löve & D.Löve
  • Geum robustum Schur
  • Geum roylei Wall. ex F.Bolle
  • Geum rubifolium Lej.
  • Geum salvatoris Sennen ex Bolle
  • Geum sordidum Salisb.
  • Geum umbrosum Dumort.
  • Geum urbanum f. glandulosum Murb.
  • Geum urbanum f. mauritanicum (Pomel) Batt.
  • Geum urbanum f. typicum Buia
  • Geum urbanum subvar. australe (Guss.) Asch. & Graebn.
  • Geum urbanum subvar. grandifolium (Schur) Asch. & Graebn.
  • Geum urbanum subvar. hirtum (Wahlb.) Asch. & Graebn.
  • Geum urbanum subvar. opulifolium (Ser.) Asch. & Graebn.
  • Geum urbanum subvar. orientale (Fenzl ex Scheutz) Asch. & Graebn.
  • Geum urbanum subvar. robustum (Schur) Asch. & Graebn.
  • Geum urbanum subvar. simplicifolium (C.A.Mey.) Asch. & Graebn.
  • Geum urbanum unranked hirtum (Wahlb.) Hartm.
  • Geum urbanum var. australe Guss.
  • Geum urbanum var. grandifolium Schur
  • Geum urbanum var. hirsutum Wahlenb.
  • Geum urbanum var. hirtum (Wahlb.) Hartm.

and 14 more.

Flowers

In flower
May to July (from 2,505 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)

Characteristics

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

Photos

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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.