Caryophyllaceae
Cow soapwort
Gypsophila vaccaria
- Family
- Caryophyllaceae
- Genus
- Gypsophila
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Common names
By language (29)
- Arabic
- فول العرب, بقرية إسبانية, تجيج
- arz
- بقريه اسبانيه
- Belarusian
- Тысячагалоў
- Catalan
- Colet, Vacària
- Cebuano
- Vaccaria
- Chinese
- 麦蓝菜, 西班牙王不留行, 麦藍菜, 王不留行, 麦蓝子, 麦蓝菜（王不留行）
- Czech
- Kravinec španělský
- Dutch
- Koekruid
- English
- Cow soapwort
- Estonian
- Põld-lehmalill
- Finnish
- Toukoraunikki, Toukokukka
- French
- Saponaire des vaches, Vaccaire d'Espagne
- Georgian
- Ჭეჭველა
- German
- Saat-Kuhnelke
- Hebrew
- סבונית השדה
- hsb
- Sywna kruwowka
- Icelandic
- Kúajurt
- Japanese
- オウフルギョウ
- Korean
- 말뱅이나물
- lah
- تکلا
- lzh
- 王不留行
- Macedonian
- Обична дрнчилка, Шпанска кравјанка
- Norwegian Bokmål
- Kunellik
- Persian
- جغجغک
- Polish
- Krowiziół zbożowy
- Russian
- Тысячеголов испанский
- Slovenian
- Velecvetna kravsa, Drobnocvetna kravsa
- Swedish
- Åkernejlika
- Welsh
- Llysiau`r fuwch
Synonyms
- Dianthus inclusus Walp.
- Saponaria hispanica Mill.
- Saponaria oxydonta Boiss.
- Saponaria segetalis Neck.
- Saponaria vaccaria L.
- Saponaria vaccaria var. grandiflora Fisch. ex DC.
- Saponaria vaccaria var. grandiflora Fisch. ex Ser.
- Vaccaria grandiflora (Fisch. ex Ser.) Jaub. & Spach
- Vaccaria hispanica (Mill.) Rauschert
- Vaccaria hispanica subsp. oxyodonta (Boiss.) Greuter & Burdet
- Vaccaria hispanica var. grandiflora (Fisch. ex Ser.) Meusel & H.Mühlberg
- Vaccaria hispanica var. oxyodonta (Boiss.) J.Léonard
- Vaccaria oxyodonta Boiss.
- Vaccaria parviflora Moench
- Vaccaria perfoliata Sweet
- Vaccaria pyramidalis Prahl
- Vaccaria pyramidata Medik.
- Vaccaria pyramidata subsp. grandiflora (Fisch. ex Ser.) Hayek
- Vaccaria pyramidata var. grandiflora (Fisch. ex Ser.) Cullen
- Vaccaria segetalis (Neck.) Garcke ex Asch.
- Vaccaria vulgaris Host
Flowers
- In flower
- April to July (from 114 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Photos
Photo: Vicki Miller, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons
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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). About our plant data.