Brassicaceae
Prostrate hutchinsia
Hornungia procumbens
- Family
- Brassicaceae
- Genus
- Hornungia
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Common names
By language (9)
- Bulgarian
- Пълзящ хименолобус
- Chinese
- 薄果荠, 薄果薺
- Croatian
- Polegnuta grančika
- English
- Prostrate hutchinsia
- Finnish
- Lenkosoikkio
- German
- Salztäschel
- Kazakh
- Бәшек
- Slovenian
- Polegla slanuša
- Swedish
- Saltkrassing
Synonyms
- Bursa procumbens (L.) Kuntze
- Capsella australasica F.Muell. ex Hannaford
- Capsella elliptica C.A.Mey.
- Capsella pauciflora W.D.J.Koch
- Capsella procumbens (L.) Fr.
- Capsella procumbens var. davidsonii Munz
- Capsella procumbens var. integrifolia (DC.) Rupr.
- Capsella puberula Rupr.
- Crucifera procumbens (L.) E.H.L.Krause
- Draba pumila St.-Lag.
- Draba pumilio R.Br. ex DC.
- Draba tenuis Barnéoud
- Hornungia pauciflora (W.D.J.Koch) Soldano, F.Conti, Banfi & Galasso
- Hornungia puberula (Rupr.) D.A.German
- Hornungia revelierei (Jord.) Soldano, F.Conti, Banfi & Galasso
- Hornungia revelierei subsp. sommieri (Pamp.) C.Brullo, Brullo & Giusso
- Hutchinsia chinensis Steud.
- Hutchinsia diffusa Jord.
- Hutchinsia loretii Jord. ex Nyman
- Hutchinsia maritima Jord.
- Hutchinsia pauciflora Cabanes
- Hutchinsia pauciflora (W.D.J.Koch) Bertol.
- Hutchinsia perpusilla Hemsl.
- Hutchinsia procumbens (L.) Desv.
- Hutchinsia procumbens f. sommieri Pamp.
- Hutchinsia procumbens var. crassifolia Corbiière
- Hutchinsia procumbens var. integrifolius DC.
- Hutchinsia prostii J.Gay ex Loret
- Hutchinsia puberula N.Busch
- Hutchinsia pusillima Wedd.
- Hutchinsia reticulata Griseb.
- Hutchinsia revelieri Jord.
- Hutchinsia sinensis Desv.
- Hutchinsia speluncarum Jord.
- Hutchinsia tenuis O.E.Schulz
- Hutchinsia tournefortii Jord.
- Hutchinsiella perpusilla (Hemsl.) O.E.Schulz
- Hymenolobus divaricatus Nutt.
- Hymenolobus erectus Nutt.
- Hymenolobus pauciflorus Schinz & Thell.
and 28 more.
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Annual
- In the US and Canada
- Canada: introduced, Lower 48 states: native
Photos
Photo: Andrey Zharkikh from Salt Lake City, USA, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
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Photo: Stefan.lefnaer, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Stefan.lefnaer, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Stefan.lefnaer, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Stefan.lefnaer, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Stefan.lefnaer, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Stefan.lefnaer, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Stefan.lefnaer, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Stefan.lefnaer, CC BY-SA 4.0, 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); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.