Vaccaria hispanica Calflora

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Taxon Report

Vaccaria hispanica (Mill.) Rauschert

Cow soapwort, Cowherb, Spanish cockle

2007 Louis-M. Landry

2018 John L. Thompson

2009 George W. Hartwell

2017 Thayne Tuason

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


	Plant Range Observation Search (46 records) 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 JEF + PLANTS

Alternate Names:


JEF	Saponaria hispanica
JEF + PLANTS	Saponaria vaccaria
PLANTS	Vaccaria pyramidata
JEF + PLANTS	Vaccaria segetalis
PLANTS	Vaccaria vaccaria
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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, including the Consortium of California Herbaria. [web application]. 2022. Berkeley, California: The Calflora Database [a non-profit organization]. Available: https://www.calflora.org/ (Accessed: 10/06/2022).