Caryophyllaceae
Perennial knawel
Scleranthus perennis
- Family
- Caryophyllaceae
- Genus
- Scleranthus
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Common names
By language (11)
- Czech
- Chmerek vytrvalý
- Dutch
- Overblijvende hardbloem
- English
- Perennial knawel
- Estonian
- Hall kaderohi
- Finnish
- Vaaleajäsenruoho
- French
- Scléranthe vivace
- German
- Ausdauernder Knäuel, Ausdauerndes Knäuelkraut
- hsb
- Běła kłubička
- Polish
- Czerwiec trwały
- Slovenian
- Trpežni mešič
- Swedish
- Vitknavel
Synonyms
- Scleranthus perennis subsp. perennis
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Canada: introduced, Lower 48 states: introduced
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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.