Arenaria rotundifoliaM.Bieb.

WFO wfo-0000546577 Accepted WFO 2026-06 3 photographs CC BY

Plate 1 figs. a–c · 3 separate observations

Arenaria rotundifolia, photographed by Dmitriy Bochkov
fig. a Dmitriy Bochkov, CC BY 4.0 / 2019-07-17 / obs. 48544829
Arenaria rotundifolia, photographed by Dmitriy Bochkov
fig. b Dmitriy Bochkov, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 48543921
Arenaria rotundifolia, photographed by Dmitriy Bochkov
fig. c Dmitriy Bochkov, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 31532326

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Native range 14 botanical countries

Regions where Arenaria rotundifolia is native: Iran, Kazakhstan, Kirgizstan, North Caucasus, Tadzhikistan, Transcaucasus, Türkiye, Uzbekistan, East Himalaya, Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, NW. Balkan Pen., Romania IranKazakhstanKirgizstanNorth CaucasusTadzhikistanTranscaucasusTürkiyeUzbekistanEast HimalayaAlbaniaBulgariaGreeceNW. Balkan Pen.Romania
Native distribution of Arenaria rotundifolia, 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
Iran IRN ASIA-TEMPERATE
Kazakhstan KAZ
Kirgizstan KGZ
North Caucasus NCS
Tadzhikistan TZK
Transcaucasus TCS
Türkiye TUR
Uzbekistan UZB
Albania ALB EUROPE
Bulgaria BUL
Greece GRC
NW. Balkan Pen. YUG
Romania ROM
East Himalaya EHM ASIA-TROPICAL

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 9 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.

  • Alsinanthus rotundifolius (M.Bieb.) Desv.
  • Arenaria biflora Griseb.
  • Arenaria biflora subsp. pancicii (Degen & Bald.) Stoj. & Stef.
  • Arenaria pauciflora (Boiss.) Prodan
  • Arenaria rotundifolia var. pancicii Degen & Bald.
  • Arenaria rotundifolia var. pauciflora Boiss.
  • Arenaria transsilvanica Simonk.
  • Arenaria turkestanica Schischk.
  • Euthalia rotundifolia Rupr.

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. 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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