Vaccaria hispanica, Cowherb - Seeds - plants - dried herbs

Common names: Cowherb, Cowcockle, Cow basil, Cow soapwort, Prairie carnation

Botanical name & synonyms: Vaccaria hispanica, Gypsophila vaccaria, Lychnis vaccaria, Saponaria amplissima, Saponaria hispanica, Saponaria oxydonta, Saponaria pentagona, Saponaria perfoliata, Saponaria rubra, Saponaria segetalis, Saponaria vaccaria, Silene vaccaria, Vaccaria arvensis, Vaccaria grandiflora, Vaccaria inclusa, Vaccaria oxydonta, Vaccaria parviflora, Vaccaria perfoliata, Vaccaria pyramidalis, Vaccaria pyramidata, Vaccaria segetalis, Vaccaria sessilifolia, Vaccaria vaccaria, Vaccaria vulgaris

Family: Pink, carnation (Caryophyllaceae)

• native to temperate Eurasia
  

• annual
  

• 20 to 90cm
  

• flower VI to VIII
  

• plant community: wasteland, ruderal
  

• weight of 1000 seeds = 5 gram