Asteraceae
Common nipplewort
Lapsana communis
- Family
- Asteraceae
- Genus
- Lapsana
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Common names
By language (35)
- Albanian
- Llapsana
- Arabic
- حشيشة الأثداء/ خفج مبذول, المطهرة, خنج مبذول, دجاج سمينة
- Armenian
- Խարբուկ
- azb
- دؤش اوْتو
- Azerbaijani
- Adi ziyilotu
- Basque
- Astaza
- Belarusian
- Рудзянец звычайны, Перастрэл
- Bulgarian
- Обикновен сгърбун
- Catalan
- Herba de les mamelles
- Chinese
- 稻槎菜属, 多肋稻槎菜
- Czech
- Kapustka obecná
- Danish
- Almindelig Haremad, Haremad
- Dutch
- Akkerkool
- English
- Common nipplewort
- Esperanto
- Lapsano
- Estonian
- Harilik linnukapsas
- Finnish
- Linnunkaali
- French
- Lampsane commune, Grageline, Herbe aux mamelles
- German
- Gemeiner Rainkohl, Gewöhnlicher Rainkohl, Gemeine Milche, Rainkohl
- gv
- Duillag vie, Duillag Vreeshey, Lus ny kee
- Hungarian
- Közönséges bojtorjánsaláta, Bojtorjánsaláta
- Kazakh
- Лапсана
- kw
- Tethles
- Lithuanian
- Paprastoji gaiva
- Norwegian Bokmål
- Haremat
- Persian
- لاپسانا
- Polish
- Łoczyga pospolita
- Portuguese
- Lapsana
- Russian
- Бородавник обыкновенный, Бородавочная трава
- Slovak
- Lýrovka obyčajná
- Spanish
- Lapsana, Hierba de las mamas, Hierba pezonera, Lampsana, Yerba de los pechos, Yerba pezonera
- Swedish
- Harkål
- Turkish
- Meme otu, Memeotu
- Ukrainian
- Празелень звичайна
- Welsh
- Cartheig
Synonyms
- Lapsana cancellata Borbás
- Lapsana cancellata var. cancellata
- Lapsana cappadocica Bornm.
- Lapsana communis subsp. pubescens (Hornem.) Arcang.
- Lapsana communis var. crispa (Willd.) Pers.
- Lapsana communis var. glandulosa Freyn
- Lapsana communis var. glandulosa Wierzb.
- Lapsana communis var. glandulosopilosa Schur
- Lapsana communis var. hirsuta Peterm.
- Lapsana communis var. hirta Ten.
- Lapsana crispa Willd.
- Lapsana glandulosa (Freyn) Klokov
- Lapsana pubescens Hornem.
- Lapsana sonchifolia Gilib.
- Lapsana sylvatica Wallr.
Flowers
- In flower
- June to July (from 3,483 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Annual
- In the US and Canada
- Alaska: introduced, Canada: introduced, Greenland: introduced, Hawaii: introduced, Lower 48 states: introduced
Photos
FlowerPhoto: M. Whitson, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Andrew Conboy, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: boytouchgrass, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Connor Sydney (Squid), CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Արարատ Թրվանց, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Gavin Slater, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: H. Zell, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: H. Zell, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Andrew Skotnicki, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: AnRo0002, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: coniver, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: AnRo0002, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons
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.