Myagrum perfoliatumL.

bird's-eye cress

WFO wfo-0000368904 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC0 / CC BY

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 8 separate observations

Myagrum perfoliatum, photographed by David Delon
fig. a David Delon, CC BY 4.0 / 2022-05-15 / obs. 197905166
Myagrum perfoliatum, photographed by Sam Kieschnick
fig. b Sam Kieschnick, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 1652160
Myagrum perfoliatum, photographed by Annika Lindqvist
fig. c Annika Lindqvist, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 116829334
Myagrum perfoliatum, photographed by Ian
fig. d Ian, CC0 1.0 / obs. 191025181
Myagrum perfoliatum, photographed by Annika Lindqvist
fig. e Annika Lindqvist, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 116830739
Myagrum perfoliatum, photographed by Sam Kieschnick
fig. f Sam Kieschnick, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 62773613
Myagrum perfoliatum, photographed by Sam Kieschnick
fig. g Sam Kieschnick, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 34991084
Myagrum perfoliatum, photographed by Sam Kieschnick
fig. h Sam Kieschnick, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 34044261

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Native range 21 botanical countries

Regions where Myagrum perfoliatum is native: Iran, Iraq, Lebanon-Syria, North Caucasus, Palestine, Transcaucasus, Türkiye, Albania, Bulgaria, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Krym, NW. Balkan Pen., Romania, Sicilia, Spain, Switzerland, Türkiye-in-Europe IranIraqLebanon-SyriaNorth CaucasusPalestineTranscaucasusTürkiyeAlbaniaBulgariaFranceGermanyGreeceHungaryItalyKrymNW. Balkan Pen.RomaniaSiciliaSpainSwitzerlandTürkiye-in-Europe
Native distribution of Myagrum perfoliatum, after Kew’s World Checklist of Vascular Plants. Introduced, extinct and doubtful records are excluded, so this is where the plant is from, not everywhere it now grows.
RegionTDWG codeContinent
Albania ALB EUROPE
Bulgaria BUL
France FRA
Germany GER
Greece GRC
Hungary HUN
Italy ITA
Krym KRY
NW. Balkan Pen. YUG
Romania ROM
Sicilia SIC
Spain SPA
Switzerland SWI
Türkiye-in-Europe TUE
Iran IRN ASIA-TEMPERATE
Iraq IRQ
Lebanon-Syria LBS
North Caucasus NCS
Palestine PAL
Transcaucasus TCS
Türkiye TUR

Region boundaries approximated from Natural Earth (public domain) and mapped to TDWG World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions (WGSRPD) level-3 botanical countries (Brummitt 2001). Indicative, not the official WGSRPD geometry.

Also published as 4 synonyms

A synonym is not an error. It is a record of botanists disagreeing, in print, about where this plant belongs. Each of these was somebody’s considered answer.

  • Crucifera myagrum E.H.L.Krause
  • Myagrum amplexicaule Moench
  • Myagrum littorale Scop.
  • Rapistrum perfoliatum J.P.Bergeret

Sourcesevery claim on this page

  1. World Flora Online Plant List. accepted name, authority, classification. CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-12.
  2. iNaturalist. photographs and flowering annotations, CC0 / CC BY / CC BY-SA only. per photograph. Retrieved 2026-06-27.
  3. Wikidata. common name (P1843), joined on the World Flora Online identifier (P7715). CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-13.
  4. Kew, World Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP v16). native distribution by TDWG level-3 botanical country, and life form. CC BY 3.0. Retrieved 2026-06-04.

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