Euphorbiaceae
Dog's mercury
Mercurialis perennis
- Family
- Euphorbiaceae
- Genus
- Mercurialis
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Common names
By language (29)
- Arabic
- حلبوب معمر
- arz
- حلبوب معمر
- Basque
- Merkuriar iraunkor
- Belarusian
- Пралеснік многагадовы
- Bulgarian
- Многогодишен пролез
- Chinese
- 多年生山靛
- Czech
- Bažanka vytrvalá
- Danish
- Almindelig Bingelurt, Bingelurt
- Dutch
- Bosbingelkruid, Overblijvend bingelkruid
- English
- Dog's mercury, Herb mercury
- Estonian
- Püsik-seljarohi
- Finnish
- Lehtosinijuuri
- French
- Mercuriale vivace
- German
- Wald-Bingelkraut, Ausdauerndes Bingelkraut, Waldbingelkraut
- hsb
- Trajacy šćěr, Lěsny šćěr
- Hungarian
- Erdei szélfű
- Irish
- Lus glinne
- kw
- Mergherles fug
- Lithuanian
- Daugiametis laiškenis
- Norwegian Bokmål
- Skogbingel
- Persian
- مرکوریالیس پرنیس
- Polish
- Szczyr trwały
- Russian
- Пролесник многолетний
- Slovak
- Bažanka trváca
- Slovenian
- Trpežni golšec
- Spanish
- Berza de perro, Berza perruna, Chordiga muerta, Malcoraje hembra, Malcoraje macho, Mercurial, Mercurial montana, Mercurial oficinal
- Swedish
- Skogsbingel, Bingel
- Ukrainian
- Переліска багаторічна
- Welsh
- Bresychen y cŵn
Synonyms
- Mercurialis alpina Schur
- Mercurialis cynocrambe Scop.
- Mercurialis longifolia Host
- Mercurialis nemoralis Salisb.
- Mercurialis perennis f. genuina Müll.Arg.
- Mercurialis perennis f. glabra Beck
- Mercurialis perennis f. ovatifolia Hausskn.
- Mercurialis perennis f. robusta Gross
- Mercurialis perennis f. saxicola Beck
- Mercurialis perennis f. sylvatica (Hoppe) Rouy & Foucaud
- Mercurialis perennis subvar. alpina (Schur) Nyman
- Mercurialis perennis subvar. sylvatica (Hoppe) Nyman
- Mercurialis perennis var. brachyphylla Willk.
- Mercurialis perennis var. subalpina Schur
- Mercurialis sylvatica Hoppe
- Mercurialis sylvestris Bubani
- Synema perenne Dulac
Flowers
- In flower
- March to April (from 2,598 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Olena V. Vakarenko, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Josh Gallagher, CC0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Jo Roberts, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Jo Roberts, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: abogomazova, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
LeavesPhoto: Thomas Dreux, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
LeavesPhoto: Lera Miles, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Rosser1954, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Jose Gutierrez Higa, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: AnemoneProjectors, CC BY-SA 2.0, 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). About our plant data.