Plants : BrassicaceaeFerns and Flowering Plants

Coronopus squamatus (Forsskaol) Asch.

Swine-cress

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Coronopus squamatus

Description: A low-growing annual species of hard-packed ground near the coast. Perhaps a native species. Differing from the lesser swine's cress C. didymus in having fruits which have a ridged or lumpy surface (smoother in C. didymus).

All names: Coronopus squamatus (Forsskaol) Asch.; Coronopus procumbens Gilib.; Coronopus ruellii All.; Coronopus coronopus (L.) Karst.; Senebiera coronopus (L.) Poir.

Distribution Map from NBN: Coronopus squamatus at National Biodiversity Network mapping facility, data for UK.

iNaturalist: Coronopus squamatus at iNaturalist World Species Observations database.

 Hackney, P., 2026. Coronopus squamatus. (Forsskaol) Asch.. [In] Flora of Northern Ireland.
https://habitas.org/flora/species.php?item=2835. Accessed on 2026-11-02.