Asteraceae
Bristly oxtongue
Helminthotheca echioides
- Family
- Asteraceae
- Genus
- Helminthotheca
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Common names
By language (19)
- Czech
- Draslavec hadincovitý
- Dutch
- Dubbelkelk
- English
- Bristly oxtongue
- Esperanto
- Ekieca helmintoteko
- Finnish
- Karheakitkerö, Muikio
- German
- Natternkopf-Wurmlattich, Wurmlattich, Wurmsalat
- Greek
- Χηροβότανο
- gv
- Boglus
- Hebrew
- תולענית דוקרנית
- Irish
- Teanga bhó gharbh
- kab
- Ḥlafa
- nap
- Spráin
- Persian
- تلخ زبان
- Polish
- Goryczel żmijowcowy
- Slovak
- Horčíkovec hadicovitý
- Slovenian
- Srhkolistna skrka, Srhkolistna skrhka
- Spanish
- Abrojo, Abrojo europeo, Azotacristo, Hierba gusanera, Raspasaya, Raspasaya de Canarias, Raspasayo, Raspasayo de Canarias
- Swedish
- Lyktfibbla
- Welsh
- Tafod-y-llew gwrychog
Synonyms
- Crepis echioides (L.) All.
- Helminthia aculeata subsp. mollis (Duby) Arcang.
- Helminthia dichotoma Dulac
- Helminthia echioides (L.) Gaertn.
- Helminthia echioides (L.) Holub
- Helminthia echioides (L.) Juss.
- Helminthia echioides var. echioides
- Helminthia echioides var. mollis Duby
- Helminthia humifusa Trevir.
- Helminthia pratensis Chevall.
- Helminthia rigida Schult. ex Steud.
- Helminthia tuberculata Moench
- Helminthotheca echioides var. incisa P.D.Sell
- Helminthotheca echioides var. mollis (Duby) P.D.Sell
- Helminthotheca echioides var. pratensis (Chevall.) P.D.Sell
- Picris echioides L.
- Picris echioides var. crepidiformis Thell.
- Picris echioides var. echioides
- Picris echioides var. humifusa (Willd.) Thell.
- Picris echioides var. pratensis (DC.) Maire
- Picris echioides var. tuberculata (Moench) Fiori
- Picris ruderalis Salisb.
Flowers
- In flower
- April to February (from 2,353 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Patrascu Lucian-Marius, CC0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Duarte Frade, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Duarte Frade, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FruitPhoto: Duarte Frade, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Stefan.lefnaer, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: zebedeugalinha, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Philmarin, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: Ahmed Amrouche, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Philmarin, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: Said Bahij, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: zebedeugalinha, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: AnemoneProjectors, CC BY-SA 2.0, 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.