Myricaceae
Sweetgale
Myrica gale
- Family
- Myricaceae
- Genus
- Myrica
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Common names
By language (32)
- Arabic
- الميرقية الحلوة
- arz
- ميريكا جيل
- Asturian
- Lloréu de llamarga
- Belarusian
- Васкоўнік звычайны
- Catalan
- Murta de Brabant, Piment royal
- Chinese
- 甜香杨梅, 香杨梅
- Danish
- Mosepors, Mose-pors, Pors
- Dutch
- Wilde gagel, Gagel
- English
- Sweetgale, Bog-myrtle
- Estonian
- Harilik porss, Porss
- Finnish
- Suomyrtti, Sahasuomyrtti
- French
- Piment royal, Bois-sent-bon, Galé odorant, Myrique baumier, Myrte bâtard, Myrte des marais, Piment aquatique
- frr
- Gaagelstrük
- Galician
- Frundo
- German
- Gagelstrauch, Gagel, Moor-Gagel, Piment royal
- hsb
- Europski molemór
- Hungarian
- Fenyérmirtusz
- Icelandic
- Mjaðarlyng
- Irish
- Raideog
- Japanese
- セイヨウヤチヤナギ
- Latvian
- Parastā purvmirte, Balzāmkārkliņš, Balzāmkārkls, Parastā purva mirte, Parastā purvamirte
- Lithuanian
- Pajūrinis sotvaras, Piment royal, Sotvaras
- Malayalam
- മിറൈക ഗെയ്ൽ, മിറൈക ഗെയ്ൽ. ബോഗ്-മിർട്ടിൽ,സ്വീറ്റ് വീല്ലോ, ഡച്ച് മിർട്ടിൽ, സ്വീറ്റ്ഗെയ്ൽ
- Norwegian Bokmål
- Pors
- Polish
- Woskownica europejska
- Russian
- Восковница обыкновенная, Восковник болотный, Восковница болотная
- Scottish Gaelic
- Roid
- Spanish
- Arrayan brabantico, Arrayan brabántico, Arrayan bravantico, Arrayan bravántico, Arrayan de los pantanos, Arrayán brabántico, Arrayán bravántico, Arrayán de los pantanos
- stq
- Poars, Postbuske
- Swedish
- Pors, Piment royal
- Ukrainian
- Мірика звичайна, Восковуха звичайна
- Welsh
- Gwyrddling, Bwrli, Cwrli, Gwrddling, Gwrling, Helygen Fair, Madrwydd, Madywydd
Synonyms
- Gale belgica Dumort.
- Gale commune J.Presl
- Gale japonica A.Chev.
- Gale palustris A.Chev.
- Gale palustris var. crenata A.Chev.
- Gale palustris var. denticulata A.Chev.
- Gale palustris var. lusitanica A.Chev.
- Gale palustris var. subglabra A.Chev.
- Gale palustris var. tomentosa (C.DC.) A.Chev.
- Gale portugalensis A.Chev.
- Gale uliginosa Spach
- Myrica algarbiensis Gand.
- Myrica brabantica Gray
- Myrica gale f. pubescens J.Rousseau & Rouleau
- Myrica gale subsp. tomentosa (C.DC.) A.E.Murray
- Myrica gale var. gale
- Myrica gale var. portugalensis Mirb. ex C.DC.
- Myrica gale var. subarctica J.Rousseau
- Myrica gale var. subglabra (A.Chev.) Fernald
- Myrica gale var. tomentosa C.DC.
- Myrica palustris Lam.
- Myrica palustris var. subglabra A.Chev.
- Myrica rothmaleriana P.Silva
- Myrica tomentosa (C.DC.) Asch. & Graebn.
- Myrica uhanovii Byalt & Firsov
- Myrtus brabantica Garsault
Flowers
- Flower colour
- blue (USDA PLANTS Database)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Shrub
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Alaska: native, Canada: native, Lower 48 states: native, St. Pierre and Miquelon: native
Photos
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Photo: J.-H. Janßen, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
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Photo: Stephan Sprinz, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Ryan Hodnett, 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.