Nitrariaceae
Harmal peganum
Peganum harmala
- Family
- Nitrariaceae
- Genus
- Peganum
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Common names
By language (37)
- aeb
- حرمل
- ang
- Armélu
- Arabic
- حرمل شائع, بيغانوم, حرمل, حرملان, حرملة, خايس, خايسة, خنيزة
- Armenian
- Սպանդ սովորական
- arz
- حرمل شائع
- azb
- اوزرلیک
- Azerbaijani
- Üzərlik
- Bulgarian
- Зърнеш
- Catalan
- Harmala, Harmalà
- Chinese
- 骆驼蓬, 臭古朵, 骆驼蓬子
- Czech
- Harmala, Syrská routa
- English
- Harmal peganum, African rue, Esfand, Harmal, Syrian rue, Wild rue
- Finnish
- Pilviharmikki, Syyrianängelmä
- French
- Harmal, Rue de Syrie
- German
- Steppenraute
- Hebrew
- שבר לבן
- hsb
- Harmalowy rutownik
- Hungarian
- Szíriai rutafű, Törökpirosító
- Japanese
- ペガヌム・ハルマラ, シリアン・ルー
- kab
- Lḥarmel
- Kazakh
- Adıraspan, Адыраспан, ادىراسپان, Кәдімгі адыраспан
- ks
- اِزبنٛد
- Kurdish
- Ûzelg
- Latvian
- Harmala
- Macedonian
- Обичен зрнеш, Диво седефче
- Malayalam
- ഹർമാൽ
- mzn
- اسپند
- Pashto
- سپېلنی, بسباسه, سپانده, سپانځه
- Persian
- اسپند, اسفند, دونشت
- Polish
- Poganek rutowaty, Pergamum harmala, Ruta stepowa
- Russian
- Гармала обыкновенная, Адыраспан
- Sindhi
- حرمرو
- Spanish
- Alargama, Alfarma, Alfarmega, Alfármega, Alhamega, Alhargama, Alharma, Alharmaga
- Swedish
- Harmelbuske
- Tajik
- Ispand, Испанд
- Turkish
- Üzerlik
- Urdu
- ہرمل
Synonyms
- Harmala peganum Crantz
- Mesembryanthemum caspicum S.G.Gmel.
- Peganon harmalum (L.) St.-Lag.
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: introduced
Photos
Photo: Yuriy75, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Yuriy75, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Yuriy75, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Yuriy75, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Yuriy75, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Yuriy75, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Yuriy75, CC BY-SA 3.0, 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.