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Knawels
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Knawels

Scleranthus

Scleranthus, the knawels, are a genus of herbaceous plants in the carnation family.

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13 branches of this genus, most-observed first

Annual Knawel

speciesScleranthus annuus

Perennial Knawel

speciesScleranthus perennis

Knawel

speciesScleranthus biflorus

Scleranthus uniflorus

speciesScleranthus uniflorus

prickly knawel

speciesScleranthus pungens

Scleranthus brockiei

speciesScleranthus brockiei

Scleranthus fasciculatus

speciesScleranthus fasciculatus

Scleranthus diander

speciesScleranthus diander

Scleranthus uncinatus

speciesScleranthus uncinatus

Scleranthus minusculus

speciesScleranthus minusculus

Scleranthus delortii

speciesScleranthus delortii

Scleranthus singuliflorus

speciesScleranthus singuliflorus

Scleranthus × intermedius

hybridScleranthus × intermedius

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In the old herbals & bestiaries

Knawels in Book of Herbs

Book of Herbs

Hieronymus Bock (Tragus) · 1546 · p.328

Knawels in On the Names of Plants

On the Names of Plants

Hieronymus Bock (Tragus) · 1552 · p.465

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 61936.