Cnidium cnidiifolium(Turcz.) Schischk.

Jakutsk snowparsley

WFO wfo-0000612779 Accepted WFO 2026-06 6 photographs CC0 / CC BY

Plate 1 figs. a–f · 6 separate observations

Cnidium cnidiifolium, photographed by Syd Cannings
fig. a Syd Cannings, CC BY 4.0 / 2021-06-12 / obs. 138616737
Cnidium cnidiifolium, photographed by Syd Cannings
fig. b Syd Cannings, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 136888862
Cnidium cnidiifolium, photographed by Jason Grant
fig. c Jason Grant, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 9042729
Cnidium cnidiifolium, photographed by Syd Cannings
fig. d Syd Cannings, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 144034067
Cnidium cnidiifolium, photographed by Western Arctic Park Rangers
fig. e Western Arctic Park Rangers, CC0 1.0 / obs. 22463234
Cnidium cnidiifolium, photographed by Jason Grant
fig. f Jason Grant, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 8908189

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Native range 9 botanical countries

Regions where Cnidium cnidiifolium is native: Kamchatka, Khabarovsk, Krasnoyarsk, Magadan, Yakutiya, Alaska, British Columbia, Northwest Territories, Yukon KamchatkaKhabarovskKrasnoyarskMagadanYakutiyaAlaskaBritish ColumbiaNorthwest TerritoriesYukon
Native distribution of Cnidium cnidiifolium, 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
Kamchatka KAM ASIA-TEMPERATE
Khabarovsk KHA
Krasnoyarsk KRA
Magadan MAG
Yakutiya YAK
Alaska ASK NORTHERN AMERICA
British Columbia BRC
Northwest Territories NWT
Yukon YUK

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 2 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.

  • Conioselinum cnidiifolium (Turcz.) A.E.Porsild
  • Selinum cnidiifolium Turcz.

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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