Vaccaria hispanica
cowcockle, cow soapwort
(8)20–100 cm, glabrous, glaucous, branched above.
2–12 cm.
calyx tubes cylindric to urceolate, 7.5–17 mm;
veins 5, angled or keeled; each vein green-flanked, flanking < 1 mm wide;
lobes ovate to triangular, 1.5–3 mm;
petals 15–25 mm;
limbs exserted, oblanceolate to obovate or obcordate, 3–8 mm.
=30.
Vaccaria hispanica
Roadsides and disturbed areas, grain fields, woods. Flowering May–Jul. 0–1800 m. BR, BW, Col, ECas, Lava, Owy, Sisk, WV. CA, ID, NV, WA; widely scattered throughout North America; Asia, Europe. Exotic.
Vaccaria hispanica was first collected in Oregon in 1881. Once common in wheat fields, V. hispanica is far less common today; collections made since 2000 came from one population each in Crook and Wheeler counties.
Rich Rabeler, Ronald Hartman
- Local floras:
BC, 
CA, 
OR, 
WA - Local Web sites: CalFlora, CalPhotos,
Flora NW, 
PNW Herbaria 
WildflowerSearch
iNaturalist (observations)
USDA Plants Database- LBJ Wildflower Center
- SEINet
- Plants of the World Online
- Encyclopedia of Life
- Wikipedia
- Google Image Search
