Thymelaeaceae
Mezereon
Thymelaea passerina
- Family
- Thymelaeaceae
- Genus
- Thymelaea
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Common names
By language (14)
- Arabic
- مثنان الدواري
- arz
- مثنان الدوارى
- Bulgarian
- Едногодишна тимелея
- Chinese
- 欧瑞香, 歐瑞香
- Czech
- Vrabečnice roční
- English
- Mezereon, Annual thymelaea, Sparrow weed, Spurge flax
- French
- Passerine
- German
- Spatzenzunge, Acker-Spatzenzunge
- hsb
- Rólny wroblacy jazyk
- Polish
- Wilczypieprz roczny
- Romanian
- Limba vrabiei
- Russian
- Тимелея обыкновенная, Тимелея воробьиная, Тимелия воробьиная
- Slovenian
- Navadni ptičji kljunček
- Swedish
- Sparvört
Synonyms
- Daphne passerina (L.) E.H.L.Krause
- Giardia arvensis (Lam.) C.Gerber
- Ligia passerina (L.) Fasano
- Lygia passerina (L.) Fasano
- Passerina annua Wikstr.
- Passerina arvensis (Lam.) Ball
- Passerina concinna Walp.
- Passerina diarthronoides Griff.
- Passerina passerina (L.) Huth
- Passerina pubescens Guss.
- Passerina stellera Ramond ex DC.
- Stellera annua Salisb.
- Stellera passerina L.
- Stellera passerina var. tenuior Rchb.
- Thymelaea arvensis Lam.
- Thymelaea passerina var. perennans Welw. ex Cout.
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Annual
- In the US and Canada
- Canada: native, Lower 48 states: introduced
Photos
Photo: Stefan.lefnaer, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Stefan.lefnaer, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Stefan.lefnaer, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Stefan.lefnaer, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Stefan.lefnaer, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Stefan.lefnaer, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Stefan.lefnaer, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Stefan.lefnaer, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Stefan.lefnaer, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Stefan.lefnaer, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Hugues Tinguy, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Hugues Tinguy, 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.