Caryophyllaceae
Annual knawel
Scleranthus annuus
- Family
- Caryophyllaceae
- Genus
- Scleranthus
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Common names
By language (25)
- Arabic
- قاسية الزهر الحولية
- Belarusian
- Галадок аднагадовы
- Bulgarian
- Едногодишна хрущялка
- Czech
- Chmerek roční
- Dutch
- Eenjarige hardbloem, Eenjaarige hardbloem
- English
- Annual knawel, German knotgrass, German knotweed, German moss
- Estonian
- Põld-kaderohi
- Finnish
- Viherjäsenruoho
- French
- Gnavelle annuelle, Scléranthe annuel
- German
- Einjähriger Knäuel, Einjahrs-Knäuelkraut, Einjähriges Knäuelkraut, Gewöhnlicher Einjähriger Knäuel
- hsb
- Jednolětna kłubička
- Irish
- Cabhair Mhuire
- Italian
- Centigrani
- Japanese
- シバツメクサ, 芝爪草
- Latvian
- Vasaras žultszālīte
- Lithuanian
- Vienametė klėstenė
- Macedonian
- Едногодишна трескавица
- Norwegian Bokmål
- Ettårsknavel
- Polish
- Czerwiec roczny
- Slovak
- Sklerant ročný
- Slovenian
- Enoletni mešič
- Spanish
- Escleranto anual
- Swedish
- Grönknavel, Åkerknavel
- Ukrainian
- Червець однорічний
- Welsh
- Dinodd unflwydd
Synonyms
- Scleranthus annuus subsp. annuus
- Scleranthus glaucovirens Halácsy
- Scleranthus velebiticus Degen & Rossi
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Annual
- In the US and Canada
- Canada: introduced, Lower 48 states: introduced
Photos
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Photo: AnRo0002, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: AnRo0002, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: AnRo0002, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: AnRo0002, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: AnRo0002, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: AnRo0002, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: AnRo0002, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: AnRo0002, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: AnRo0002, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: AnRo0002, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: AnRo0002, CC0, 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.