Descurainia artemisioides
Herb Sophia
Descurainia sophia
(L.) Webb ex Prantl Species
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- Botanical name
- Descurainia sophia
- Also known as
- Flaxweed Tansymustard, Flixweed, Flixweed Tansy Mustard, Flixweed Tansymustard, Herb Sophia, Herb-Sophia, Pinnate Tansymustard, Tansy Mustard, Tansymustard
- Family
- Brassicaceae
- Genus
- Descurainia
- Reference
- World Flora Online
How to grow Herb Sophia
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Other names for this plant
These names have all been used for Descurainia sophia but are no longer the accepted name. You may still meet them on old labels, in books, or in nursery catalogues.
Arabis sophia
Crucifera sophia
Descurainia sophia var. brachycarpa
Descurainia sophia var. glabrata
Descurainia sophia var. sophia
Discurea sophia
Hesperis hermanniana
Hesperis sophia
Hesperis tripinnata
Phryne sophia
Sinapis tripinnata
Sisymbrium absinthoides
Sisymbrium parviflorum
Sisymbrium persicum
Sisymbrium pseudosophia
Sisymbrium robesetti
Sisymbrium sophia
Sisymbrium sophia var. brachycarpum
Sisymbrium tenuissimum
Sisymbrium tripinnatum
Sophia chirurgorum
Sophia lobelii
Sophia parviflora
Sophia sophia
Sophia vulgaris
Others in Descurainia
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