Plant Details

Accepted name:: Scleranthus annuus L. [Caryophyllaceae]
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online
Source:: World Checklist of Vascular Plants
Infraspecies:: 4

Scleranthus annuus subsp. aetnensis (Strobl) Pignatti

Scleranthus annuus subsp. annuus

Scleranthus annuus subsp. collinus (Hornung ex Opiz) Schübl. & G.Martens

Scleranthus annuus subsp. polycarpos (L.) Bonnier & Layens

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
annual knawel	Other	U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacop. (HPUS, 2009)
scleranthus	Other	U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacop. (HPUS, 2009)
scleranthus annuus whole	Other	Global Substance Registration System (GSRS) (FDA/NCATS, 2024)
scleranthus annuus, flos	Other	U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacop. (HPUS, 2009)
yesilyumak	Other	Dr. Duke's Databases: Ethnobotanical Subset (Duke, 2016)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
flower		U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacop. (HPUS, 2009)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 1 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Knavel annuum (L.) Scop. Fl. Carniol., ed. 2, 1: 298 (1771).

This plant is cited in medicinal sources using the following names:

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Scleranthus annuus	Dr. Duke's Databases: Ethnobotanical Subset (Duke, 2016) Substances in Meds., Australia (TGA, 2007)
Scleranthus annuus L.	Global Substance Registration System (GSRS) (FDA/NCATS, 2024) Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacop. (HPUS, 2009) WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019) WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2024) WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2025) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)

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