Apiaceae

Hollowstem burnet saxifrage

Pimpinella major Huds.

Family: Apiaceae
Genus: Pimpinella

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Hollowstem burnet saxifrage (Pimpinella major) — FlowerPhoto: Daniel Cahen, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist

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Common names

By language (22)

Arabic: أنيسون كبير
arz: انيسون كبير
Basque: Gaitun handi
Belarusian: Бядрынец вялікі
Bulgarian: Едър анасон
Catalan: Grand boucage
Croatian: Bedrenika
Czech: Bedrník větší
Danish: Stor Pimpinelle
Dutch: Grote bevernel
English: Hollowstem burnet saxifrage, Greater burnet-saxifrage
Estonian: Suur näär
Finnish: Isopukinjuuri
French: Grand boucage
German: Große Bibernelle, Grosse Bibernelle, Große Pimpinelle, Grand boucage
Lithuanian: Didžioji ožiažolė, Grand boucage
Polish: Biedrzeniec wielki
Russian: Бедренец большой
Slovak: Bedrovník väčší, Bedernica, Lomikameň, Trebník
Slovenian: Veliki bedrenec, Bedrenik, Bibernela, Bibernelica, Bibernica, Bibrov koren, Divji janež, Pimpanela
Swedish: Stor bockrot, Grand boucage
Welsh: Gwreiddiriog mawr

Synonyms

Apium pimpinella Caruel
Carum dissectum Baill.
Carum magnum Baill.
Pimpinella austriaca Mill.
Pimpinella austriaca var. dissecta (Spreng.) Tzvelev
Pimpinella austriaca var. rubens (DC.) Tzvelev
Pimpinella bipinnata Boeber ex Georgi
Pimpinella dissecta var. elatior Lej.
Pimpinella dumetorum Boeun. ex Rchb.
Pimpinella germanica Vill. ex Spreng.
Pimpinella glabra Rostk. & W.L.E.Schmidt
Pimpinella laciniata Thore
Pimpinella magna L.
Pimpinella magna f. dissecta (Wallr.) Wahlenb.
Pimpinella magna subsp. rubra (Mérat) Gaudin
Pimpinella magna subsp. vulgaris Gaudin
Pimpinella magna var. dissecta Wallr.
Pimpinella magna var. elata Rouy & E.G.Camus
Pimpinella magna var. laciniata Wallr.
Pimpinella magna var. pinnatifida Mert. & W.D.J.Koch
Pimpinella magna var. rubens DC.
Pimpinella magna var. rubra Mérat
Pimpinella magna var. rugosa Lange
Pimpinella magna var. subcrenata Beck
Pimpinella major f. orientalis (Gouan) Fiori & Bég.
Pimpinella major f. rubella Thell.
Pimpinella major f. rubra (Hoppe ex Mérat) Fiori & Bég.
Pimpinella major subvar. rubella (Thell.) Reduron
Pimpinella major var. bipinnata Beck
Pimpinella major var. laciniata Gray
Pimpinella major var. macrodonta (Pau) O.Bolòs & Vigo
Pimpinella major var. rubra Hoppe ex Mérat
Pimpinella media Spreng.
Pimpinella orientalis Gouan
Pimpinella peregrina Lej.
Pimpinella rosea Lindem.
Pimpinella rubra Hoppe & Schleich. ex Spreng.
Pimpinella rugosa Kunze
Pimpinella rugulosa Schnizl.
Pimpinella saxifraga subsp. magna (L.) Bonnier & Layens

and 7 more.

Flowers

In flower: June to August (from 940 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)

Characteristics

Growth habit: Forb/herb
Lifespan: Perennial
In the US and Canada: Lower 48 states: introduced

Photos

FlowerPhoto: Daniel Cahen, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
FlowerPhoto: carnifex, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
FlowerPhoto: Marek Hrušovský, CC0, from iNaturalist
FlowerPhoto: Jamie O'Neill, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Hectonichus, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: H. Zell, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: bilitis, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF
Photo: H. Zell, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: bilitis, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF
Photo: H. Zell, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Bretzel Airlines, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF
Photo: Hanspeter Lüchinger, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF

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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.