Orobanchaceae
Red bartsia
Odontites vernus
- Family
- Orobanchaceae
- Genus
- Odontites
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Common names
By language (15)
- Czech
- Zdravínek jarní
- Danish
- Mark-Rødtop
- Dutch
- Akkerogentroost, Rode en Akkerogentroost, Rode ogentroost en akkerogentroost
- English
- Red bartsia, Odontides vernus
- Estonian
- Harilik kamaras
- Finnish
- Peltosänkiö
- French
- Odontite rouge
- German
- Frühlings-Zahntrost
- hsb
- Nalětni munčik
- Irish
- Hocas tae
- Italian
- Odontides vernus
- Slovak
- Zdravienok jarný
- Slovenian
- Rdeča zobnica
- Swedish
- Åkerrödtoppa
- Welsh
- Gorudd
Synonyms
- Bartsia verna (Bellardi) Rchb.f.
- Euphrasia lutea Dubois
- Euphrasia odontites var. latifolia Coss. & Germ.
- Euphrasia odontites var. verna (Bellardi) Mérat
- Euphrasia rubra Baumg.
- Euphrasia verna Bellardi
- Odontites odontites subsp. vernus (Bellardi) Wettst.
- Odontites ruber subsp. vernus (Bellardi) P.Fourn.
- Odontites ruber var. vernus (Bellardi) Coss. & Germ.
- Odontites serotinus subsp. vernus (Bellardi) Hayek
- Odontites serotinus var. latifolius (Coss. & Germ.) Pau
Flowers
- In flower
- July to September (from 1,018 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Annual
- In the US and Canada
- Canada: introduced, Lower 48 states: introduced, St. Pierre and Miquelon: introduced
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Alexis Tinker-Tsavalas, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Jamie O'Neill, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Sannse, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Dieter Tyberghein, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: BerndH, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Radio Tonreg from Vienna, Austria, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Dougal Matthews, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Dendrofil, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: zebedeugalinha, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Stefan.lefnaer, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Stefan.lefnaer, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Benjamin Zwittnig, CC BY 2.5, 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.