Blitum bonus-henricus(L.) Rchb.

WFO wfo-0000566886 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC BY

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 8 separate observations

Blitum bonus-henricus, photographed by Jason Grant
fig. a Jason Grant, CC BY 4.0 / 2022-06-02 / obs. 202771392
Blitum bonus-henricus, photographed by CorentinD
fig. b CorentinD, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 203327643
Blitum bonus-henricus, photographed by Philipp
fig. c Philipp, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 200999327
Blitum bonus-henricus, photographed by Jason Grant
fig. d Jason Grant, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 197078132
Blitum bonus-henricus, photographed by Catherine Faber
fig. e Catherine Faber, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 194643251
Blitum bonus-henricus, photographed by Christian Berg
fig. f Christian Berg, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 194280896
Blitum bonus-henricus, photographed by Thomas Koffel
fig. g Thomas Koffel, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 149760260
Blitum bonus-henricus, photographed by agujaceratops
fig. h agujaceratops, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 142597565

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Native range 24 botanical countries

Regions where Blitum bonus-henricus is native: Albania, Austria, Belarus, Belgium, Bulgaria, Central European Russia, Corse, Czechia-Slovakia, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Netherlands, Northwest European Russia, NW. Balkan Pen., Portugal, Romania, Sardegna, Sicilia, South European Russia, Spain, Switzerland, Ukraine AlbaniaAustriaBelarusBelgiumBulgariaCentral European RussiaCorseCzechia-SlovakiaFranceGermanyGreeceHungaryItalyNetherlandsNorthwest European RussiaNW. Balkan Pen.PortugalRomaniaSiciliaSouth European RussiaSpainSwitzerlandUkraine Sardegna
Native distribution of Blitum bonus-henricus, 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. Regions too small to draw at this scale are marked with a dot.
RegionTDWG codeContinent
Albania ALB EUROPE
Austria AUT
Belarus BLR
Belgium BGM
Bulgaria BUL
Central European Russia RUC
Corse COR
Czechia-Slovakia CZE
France FRA
Germany GER
Greece GRC
Hungary HUN
Italy ITA
Netherlands NET
Northwest European Russia RUW
NW. Balkan Pen. YUG
Portugal POR
Romania ROM
Sardegna SAR
Sicilia SIC
South European Russia RUS
Spain SPA
Switzerland SWI
Ukraine UKR

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 18 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.

  • Agathophytum bonus-henricus (L.) Moq.
  • Agatophyton bonus-henricus (L.) E.H.L.Krause
  • Anserina bonus-henricus (L.) Dumort.
  • Atriplex bonus-henricus (L.) Crantz
  • Blitum bonus-henricus var. alpinum (DC.) Moq.
  • Blitum bonus-henricus var. erosum Moq.
  • Blitum perenne Bubani
  • Chenopodium bonus-henricus L.
  • Chenopodium bonus-henricus var. alpinum DC.
  • Chenopodium hastatum St.-Lag.
  • Chenopodium ruderale Kit. ex Moq.
  • Chenopodium ruderale St.-Lag.
  • Chenopodium sagittatum Lam.
  • Chenopodium spinacifolium Stokes
  • Chenopodium triangulare Dulac
  • Chenopodium triangularifolia Gilib.
  • Orthospermum bonus-henricus (L.) Schur
  • Orthosporum bonus-henricus (L.) T.Nees

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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