Papaveraceae
Nodding hypecoum
Hypecoum pendulum
- Family
- Papaveraceae
- Genus
- Hypecoum
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Common names
By language (6)
- Arabic
- حشيش, سليح, هشيم
- Chinese
- 小花角茴香
- English
- Nodding hypecoum
- Finnish
- Nuokkuliuskio
- Georgian
- Ყვავისხმალა
- Swedish
- Blek fjärilsrök
Synonyms
- Hypecoum caucasicum Koch ex Ledeb.
- Hypecoum ferrugineomaculatum Z.X.An
- Hypecoum parviflorum Kar. & Kir.
- Hypecoum pendulum var. parviflorum (Kar. & Kir.) Cullen
- Hypecoum pendulum var. parviflorum (Kar. & Kir.) Krylov
- Hypecoum tetragonum Bertol.
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Annual
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: introduced
Photos
Photo: Skrod, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Skrod, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: jacilluch, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Barthlette, CC BY 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.