Apiaceae
Mediterranean hartwort
Tordylium apulum
- Family
- Apiaceae
- Genus
- Tordylium
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Common names
By language (10)
- Arabic
- طرديلن أبولي, طرديلن جزيري, طرديلن كبير الأزهار, طرديلن متوسط
- arz
- طرديلن ابولى
- Czech
- Zapalička apulijská
- English
- Mediterranean hartwort
- French
- Tordyle des Pouilles
- German
- Apulischer Zirmet
- Greek
- Καυκαλήθρα, Καυκαλίδα, Καυκαλίθρα, Τορδύλιον το φαρμακευτικό
- Italian
- Ombrellino pugliese, Tordilio apulo
- Japanese
- カフカリスラ
- Slovenian
- Pravi cirmet
Synonyms
- Condylocarpus apulus (L.) Hoffm.
- Condylocarpus humilis (Desf.) W.D.J.Koch
- Pastinaca apula (L.) Koso-Pol.
- Tordylium apulum var. heterocarpum Heldr. ex Halácsy
- Tordylium concinnum Ten.
- Tordylium elatum Gand.
- Tordylium grandiflorum Moench
- Tordylium humile Desf.
- Tordylium insulare E.D.Clarke
- Tordylium intermedium Pass.
- Tordylium ragusinum Gand.
- Tordylium rugosulum Gand.
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Annual
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: introduced
Photos
Photo: M. Theofilatou, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Daniel VILLAFRUELA ., CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: VASILIKI TSAKONA, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
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Photo: Stefan.lefnaer, CC BY-SA 4.0, 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.