Chenopodiaceae
Field needleleaf
Polycnemum arvense
- Family
- Chenopodiaceae
- Genus
- Polycnemum
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Common names
By language (12)
- Belarusian
- Хрупляўнік палявы
- Chinese
- 多節草, 多节草
- Czech
- Chruplavník rolní
- Dutch
- Akkerknarkruid
- English
- Field needleleaf
- Finnish
- Otarustoruoho
- German
- Acker-Knorpelkraut
- Lithuanian
- Dirvinė nariuotė
- Polish
- Chrząstkowiec polny
- Russian
- Хруплявник полевой, Шилолист меньший
- Slovenian
- Njivski hrustec
- Swedish
- Broskört
Synonyms
- Polycnemum minus Kitt.
- Rovillia glabra Bubani
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Annual
- In the US and Canada
- Canada: introduced
Photos
Photo: Stefan.lefnaer, 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.