Apocynaceae
Common vincetoxicum
Vincetoxicum hirundinaria
- Family
- Apocynaceae
- Genus
- Vincetoxicum
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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

FlowerPhoto: Vicente Lopes, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: zebedeugalinha, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Irene Saltini, CC0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: David Sandler, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: AnRo0002, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: AnRo0002, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Yurii Basov, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: AnRo0002, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Petro Miroshnyk, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: AnRo0002, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Marc Riera, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: AnRo0002, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons
More in Vincetoxicum
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- AntamulVincetoxicum indicumApocynaceae
- Vincetoxicum ascyrifoliumApocynaceae
- Vincetoxicum atratumApocynaceae
- Vincetoxicum diplostigmaApocynaceae
- Vincetoxicum floribundumApocynaceae
- Vincetoxicum funebreApocynaceae
- Vincetoxicum shaanxienseApocynaceae
- Vincetoxicum tsaiiApocynaceae
- Vincetoxicum darvasicumApocynaceae
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.