Bog myrtle
മിറൈക ഗെയ്ൽ. ബോഗ്-മിർട്ടിൽ,സ്വീറ്റ് വീല്ലോ, ഡച്ച് മിർട്ടിൽ, സ്വീറ്റ്ഗെയ്ൽ
Myrica gale L.
- light
- —
- water
- —
- tall
- 2.0 m
- wide
- —
Myricaceae
Also called Sweet gale, Sweetgale, Bog-myrtle
Formerly Gale belgica, Gale commune, Gale japonica, Gale palustris, and 6 more
When it flowers
Not known yet in the tropics: too few flowering observations to read a season from.
Read from iNaturalist photographs of it in flower. A month counts at 50% of the best month's flowering share (smoothed over three months) and 10% of its flowering count, from at least 100 flowering observations in the band.
If a child, a pet or anyone may have eaten a plant, contact a doctor or vet straight away, or call the National Poisons Information Centre (AIIMS, New Delhi) on 1800 116 117, free and open 24 hours.
Something wrong with it?About it
- Grows as
- ShrubKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Climate
- TemperateKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Wild in
- Russian Far east to N. & NC. Japan, Subarctic America to N. & EC. U.S.A., W. & N. EuropeKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Height
- 2.0 mRead from Wikipedia, one source
- Flowers
- Yellow, orange, red, purple, brownRead from Wikipedia, one source
Not known yet: light, spread, water, coldest it survives, heat, hottest it survives.
In other languages (12)
- root
- MYRGAL, Raideog, Gwyrddling
- French
- myrique baumier, piment royal
- Portuguese
- Samouco-do-brabante
- Dutch
- Wilde Gagel, wilde gagel, Wilde gagel
- Norwegian Bokmål
- pors
- Danish
- Mose-pors
- German
- Gagelstrauch, Moor-Gagel, Gagel
- Finnish
- sahasuomyrtti, suomyrtti
- Czech
- vřesna bahenní
- Lithuanian
- Pajūrinis sotvaras
- Estonian
- harilik porss
- Russian
- Восковница обыкновенная, Восковник обыкновенный
Where this comes from
- iNaturalist, read 2026-10-25, CC0-1.0 (observation counts)
- Wikidata, read 2026-10-26, CC0-1.0
- Kew's checklist, read 2026-10-24, CC-BY-4.0
- Wikipedia, read 2026-10-25, fact, cited
- Wikimedia Commons, read 2026-10-25, CC BY 3.0
- iNaturalist, read 2026-10-25, CC BY-SA
- iNaturalist, read 2026-10-25, CC0
- iNaturalist, read 2026-10-25, CC0
- 3D model: Myrica gale (built for Vanagrha) by Vanagrha, own
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