Brassicaceae
Wild radish
Raphanus raphanistrum
- Family
- Brassicaceae
- Genus
- Raphanus
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Common names
By language (38)
- Arabic
- فجل بري, عيش وجبن, فجل الخيل
- Armenian
- Բողկ վայրի
- arz
- فجل برى
- Bulgarian
- Дива ряпа
- Catalan
- Rave bord
- Chinese
- 野萝卜, 野蘿蔔, 野芥菜
- Corsican
- Armuraccia
- Croatian
- Divlja rotkva
- cv
- Тискер йӳç кăшман
- Czech
- Ředkev ohnice, Ohnice obecná, Ohnice polní
- Dutch
- Knopherik
- English
- Wild radish, Wild rape
- Estonian
- Põldrõigas
- Finnish
- Peltoretikka
- French
- Ravenelle
- frr
- Krook
- Galician
- Saramago
- Georgian
- Ბოლოკურა
- German
- Acker-Rettich, Ackerrettich
- grc
- Ἀγρία ῥαφανός
- Hebrew
- צנון מצוי
- Italian
- Ravanello selvatico
- Japanese
- セイヨウノダイコン, ラファヌス・ラファニストゥルム, 西洋野大根
- Kazakh
- Жабайы шомыр
- Latvian
- Tīruma pērkone
- Lithuanian
- Dirvinis ridikas, Svėrė
- Macedonian
- Дива ротква
- Persian
- ترب وحشی
- Polish
- Rzodkiew świrzepa
- Russian
- Редька полевая, Редька дикая
- Serbian
- Дивља ротква
- sgs
- Svierie
- Slovak
- Reďkev ohnicová
- Slovenian
- Njivska redkev
- Spanish
- Rabizon, Rabizón
- Swedish
- Åkerrättika
- Ukrainian
- Редька дика, Дика редька
- Welsh
- Rhuddygl
Synonyms
- Brassica heleniana Burch. ex Loudon
- Cheiranthus lacerus L.
- Crucifera raphanistrum E.H.L.Krause
- Durandea unilocularis Delarbre
- Malcolmia lacera (L.) DC.
- Malcolmia lacera subsp. lacera DC.
- Maresia lacera (L.) F.Dvořák
- Raphanistrum fugax Nyman
- Raphanistrum lampsana Gaertn.
- Raphanistrum microcarpum Nyman
- Raphanistrum raphanistrum H.Karst.
- Raphanistrum segetale Henckel
- Raphanistrum silvestre Asch.
- Raphanistrum vulgare Gray
- Raphanus articulatus Stokes
- Raphanus infestus Salisb.
- Raphanus landroides Rouy & Foucaud
- Raphanus longistylus St.-Lag.
- Raphanus raphanellus Schr. ex Colla
- Raphanus raphanistrum f. carneus Thell.
- Raphanus raphanistrum f. raphanistrum
- Raphanus raphanistrum var. purpurascens Dumort.
- Raphanus syylosus Dulac
- Sinapis raphanistrum Gueldenst. ex Ledeb.
- Wilckia lacera (L.) Samp.
Flowers
- In flower
- February to November (from 5,027 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Annual, Biennial
- In the US and Canada
- Canada: introduced, Greenland: introduced, Hawaii: introduced, Lower 48 states: introduced, St. Pierre and Miquelon: introduced
Photos
FlowerPhoto: 葉子, CC0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Franco Folini, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Arnim Littek, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Duarte Frade, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Didier Descouens, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: zebedeugalinha, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Ariel Palmon, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: zebedeugalinha, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: PePeEfe, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Didier Descouens, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Ryan Hodnett, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Daniel Cahen, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
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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.