Vaccaria hispanica Calflora

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Taxon Report

Vaccaria hispanica (Mill.) Rauschert

(not an active name)

Cow soapwort, Cowherb, Spanish cockle

2007 Louis-M. Landry

2009 George W. Hartwell

2017 Thayne Tuason

Vaccaria hispanica is an annual herb that is not native to California.

also called Gypsophila vaccaria


	Plant Range Observation Search ~33 records in California Plant Characteristics

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Genus:	Vaccaria
Family:	Caryophyllaceae
Category:	angiosperm
PLANTS group:	Dicot
Jepson eFlora section: eudicot

Wetlands: Occurs usually in non wetlands, occasionally in wetlands

Habitat: disturbed

Communities: weed, characteristic of disturbed places

Name Status:
Accepted by PLANTS

Alternate Names:


PLANTS	Saponaria vaccaria
PLANTS	Vaccaria pyramidata
PLANTS	Vaccaria segetalis
PLANTS	Vaccaria vaccaria
PLANTS	Vaccaria vulgaris
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Information about Vaccaria hispanica from other sources


USDA PLANTS Profile (VAHI2) Photos on Calflora Photos on CalPhotos Google Images Photos on iNaturalist	ITIS Original Publication citation International Plants Names Index Search efloras.org (Flora of North America) BONAP Distribution Map Consortium of California Herbaria 2	Add an Observation Location Suitability Distribution by County
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Suggested Citation

Calflora: Information on California plants for education, research and conservation, with data contributed by public and private institutions and individuals. [web application]. 2025. The Calflora Database [a non-profit organization]. Available: https://www.calflora.org/ (Accessed: 07/15/2025).