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Apocynaceae

Common vincetoxicum

Vincetoxicum hirundinaria Medik.

Family
Apocynaceae
Genus
Vincetoxicum

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Common vincetoxicum (Vincetoxicum hirundinaria)
FlowerPhoto: Vicente Lopes, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist

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Common names

By language (32)
Arabic
غلقى مخزنية, غلقى
arz
غلقى مخزنيه
Asturian
Mardieza
Basque
Piper-belar piseragile
Belarusian
Птушанец лекавы, Гарошак лугавы, Ластачнік, Пташанец, Ударнік
Bulgarian
Лечебен винцетоксикум
Burmese
မရိုးပင်, မုရိုး
Catalan
Dompte-venin, Pebrotera borda
Chinese
催吐白前
Croatian
Bijeli lastavičnjak
Czech
Tolita lékařská
Danish
Almindelig Svalerod, Svalerod
Dutch
Witte engbloem
English
Common vincetoxicum, White swallow-wort
Esperanto
Hirunda vincetoksiko
Estonian
Lood-angervars
Finnish
Käärmeenpistonyrtti, Kalliokäärmeenpistonyrtti, Käärmeenpistoyrtti
French
Dompte-venin, Dompte-venin officinal
German
Schwalbenwurz, Sankt-Lorenz-Wurzel, Sankt-Lorenzkraut, Weiße Schwalbenwurz, Dompte-venin
hsb
Běły łastojčnik
Hungarian
Közönséges méreggyilok
Latvian
Ārstniecības indaine
Lithuanian
Šlakinė kregždūnė, Dompte-venin
Norwegian Bokmål
Svalerot
Polish
Ciemiężyk białokwiatowy
Portuguese
Erva-contraveneno
Russian
Ластовень ласточкин
shn
မႆႉၵိုၼ်ၵႆႇ
Slovak
Luskáč lekársky
Slovenian
Navadni kokoševec
Spanish
Centósigo, Mataveneno, Pimiento de monte, Vencetorigo, Vencetosigo, Vincetósigo, Hirundinaria, Matatósigo
Swedish
Tulkört, Horskonung, Ormstingsrot, Rylgräs, Svalegräs, Svalerot, Svaleört, Tilkört

Synonyms

  • Alexitoxicon officinale St.-Lag.
  • Alexitoxicon vincetoxicum (L.) H.P.Fuchs
  • Antitoxicum officinale Pobed.
  • Asclepias alexitoxica St.-Lag.
  • Asclepias toxicaria Salisb.
  • Asclepias vincetoxicum L.
  • Cynanchum kenowiense K.Schum.
  • Cynanchum vincetoxicum (L.) Pers.
  • Vincetoxicum officinale Moench
  • Vincetoxicum vincetoxicum (L.) H.Karst.

Flowers

In flower
May to July (from 1,735 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)

Photos

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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). About our plant data.