Apiaceae
Alexanders
Smyrnium olusatrum
- Family
- Apiaceae
- Genus
- Smyrnium
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Common names
By language (22)
- Arabic
- سمورنيون بقلي, الكرفس البري, جدع
- arz
- سمورنيون بقلى
- Catalan
- Aleixandri
- Chinese
- 美味芹
- Croatian
- Lesandra
- Dutch
- Zwartmoeskervel
- English
- Alexanders, Alisander
- Finnish
- Aleksanterinsiipiputki
- French
- Maceron
- German
- Pferdeeppich
- Greek
- Αγριοσέλινο, Σμέρνο, Σμυρνιά, Σμύρνιον το μελανοσέλινον
- Hungarian
- Osztottlevelű őzsaláta
- Indonesian
- Peterseli kuda
- Irish
- Lusrán grándubh
- Japanese
- アレキサンダース
- kab
- Ixses
- Persian
- جعفری اسب
- Polish
- Przewłoka czarna
- Portuguese
- Smyrnium
- Russian
- Смирния европейская
- Spanish
- Smyrnium
- Welsh
- Dulys
Synonyms
- Smyrnium maritimum Salisb.
- Smyrnium vulgare Gray
Flowers
- In flower
- February to April (from 803 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Gianni Del Bufalo bygdb, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Gianni Del Bufalo bygdb, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Gianni Del Bufalo bygdb, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Mehdi Chetibi, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: tato grasso, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: zebedeugalinha, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Dan, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Mehdi Chetibi, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Ian Cunliffe, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: zebedeugalinha, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Ryan Hodnett, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: zebedeugalinha, 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.