Brassicaceae
Field pennycress
Thlaspi arvense
- Family
- Brassicaceae
- Genus
- Thlaspi
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Common names
By language (36)
- arz
- ثلاسبى ارفينس
- Belarusian
- Торбачнік палявы
- Bulgarian
- Полска попова лъжичка
- Catalan
- Traspic, Tabouret des champs
- Chinese
- 凹果薪蓂, 菥蓂, 犁头草, 菥萁子, 菥蓂子, 败酱草, 遏蓝菜, 苏败酱
- Croatian
- Poljska čestika, Kravlja trava
- cv
- Хирти нухрат курăкĕ
- Czech
- Penízek rolní
- Danish
- Almindelig pengeurt
- Dutch
- Witte krodde
- English
- Field pennycress, Fanweed, Frenchweed, Pennycress, Stinkweed
- Estonian
- Põld-litterhein
- Finnish
- Peltotaskuruoho
- French
- Tabouret des champs
- German
- Acker-Hellerkraut, Ackertäschelkraut, Acker-Pfennigkraut, Acker-Täschelkraut, Ackerhellerkraut, Ackertäschel, Tabouret des champs
- hsb
- Rólna jětrowka, Pjenježki
- Hungarian
- Mezei tarsóka
- Irish
- Praiseach fhia
- Italian
- Erba storna comune
- Japanese
- グンバイナズナ
- Lithuanian
- Dirvinė čiužutė, Kolyta, Tabouret des champs
- lzh
- 菥蓂
- Norwegian Bokmål
- Pengeurt
- Norwegian Nynorsk
- Pengeurt
- os
- Лæмæгъдзу
- Persian
- کیسه چوپان
- Polish
- Tobołki polne
- Russian
- Ярутка полевая, Денежник, Талабан полевой
- sah
- Малыын
- sgs
- Žvagē
- Slovak
- Peniažtek roľný
- Slovenian
- Njivski mošnjak
- Spanish
- Carraspique, Zurron boliviano, Zurrón boliviano
- Swedish
- Penningört, Penninggräs, Tabouret des champs
- Ukrainian
- Талабан польовий
- Welsh
- Codywasg y maes
Synonyms
- Crucifera thlaspi (Roxb.) E.H.L.Krause
- Lepidium thlaspi Roxb.
- Teruncius arvense (L.) Lunell
- Teruncius arvensis (L.) Lunell
- Thlaspi baicalense DC.
- Thlaspi collinum M.Bieb.
- Thlaspi strictum Dalla Torre & Sarnth.
- Thlaspidea arvensis (L.) Opiz
- Thlaspidium arvense (L.) Bubani
Flowers
- In flower
- March to June, November (from 2,779 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Annual
- In the US and Canada
- Alaska: introduced, Canada: introduced, Greenland: introduced, Lower 48 states: introduced, St. Pierre and Miquelon: introduced
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Natalya Ivanova, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Sandy Wolkenberg, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Sam Kieschnick, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Patrice Dupont, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Wikimedia Commons contributor, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Ben Armstrong, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Kristian Peters -- Fabelfroh 07:58, 7 September 2006, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Radosław Puchałka, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Hajotthu, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Matt Lavin from Bozeman, Montana, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Radosław Puchałka, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Matt Lavin from Bozeman, Montana, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, 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.