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Brassicaceae

Roadside pennycress

Mummenhoffia alliacea (L.) Esmailbegi & Al-Shehbaz

Family
Brassicaceae
Genus
Mummenhoffia

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Roadside pennycress: Hellerkraut Lauch
Photo: Thomas Meyer, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons

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Common names

By language (12)
Bulgarian
Лукова попова лъжичка
Croatian
Smrdljiva čestika
Czech
Penízek česnekový
English
Roadside pennycress, Garlic penny cress, Garlic penny-cress, Garlic pennycress, Roadside penny cress, Roadside penny-cress
Finnish
Laukkataskuruoho
French
Tabouret alliacé, Tabouret à odeur d'ail
German
Lauch-Hellerkraut, Lauch-Täschelkraut
hsb
Kobołkata jětrowka
Hungarian
Hagymaszagú tarsóka
Slovenian
Česnati mošnjak
Swedish
Lökskärvfrö
Welsh
Codywasg garllegog

Synonyms

  • Crucifera thlaspoides E.H.L.Krause
  • Thlaspi alliaceum L.

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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.