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Apiaceae

Sanicle

Sanicula europaea L.

Family
Apiaceae
Genus
Sanicula

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Sanicle (Sanicula europaea)
FlowerPhoto: katherineslade, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist

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Common names

By language (31)
Arabic
سكب أوروبي, سانيكولة اوروبية, المهمل, حشيشة صحة, سكب الغرب, سنيكوله, شافية, عشبة القديس
arz
سانيكوله اوروبيه
Azerbaijani
Avropa meşəçətirotusu
Basque
Ositxeka
Belarusian
Падлеснік еўрапейскі
Bulgarian
Дебрянка
Chinese
软雀花
Czech
Žindava evropská
Danish
Sanikel
Dutch
Heelkruid
English
Sanicle, Wood sanicle
Estonian
Euroopa metsputk
Finnish
Haavayrtti, Euroopanhaavayrtti
French
Sanicle d'Europe, Sanicle
German
Wald-Sanikel, Sanikel
gv
Bossan keylley
hsb
Lěsna hojawa
Hungarian
Gombernyő
kw
Yaghlesik
Norwegian Bokmål
Sanikkel
Norwegian Nynorsk
Sanikel, Sanikkel
Persian
سنیکولا اروپاییا
Polish
Żankiel zwyczajny
Russian
Подлесник европейский
Slovak
Žindava európska
Slovenian
Navadni ženikelj
Spanish
Sanícula
Swedish
Sårläka
Turkish
Derman otu
Ukrainian
Підлісник європейський
Welsh
Clust yr arth

Synonyms

  • Astrantia diapensia Scop.
  • Caucalis capitata Stokes
  • Caucalis sanicula Crantz
  • Sanicula europaea var. genuina H.Wolff
  • Sanicula officinalis Gouan
  • Sanicula officinarum Neck.
  • Sanicula sylvatica Salisb.
  • Sanicula trilobata Gilib.
  • Sanicula vulgaris Fr.

Flowers

In flower
May to June (from 652 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)

Photos

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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). About our plant data.