Coleanthus subtilis(Tratt.) Seidel ex Roem. & Schult.

mossgrass

WFO wfo-0000860462 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC BY

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 3 observations

This species has been photographed under an open licence only 3 times, so some figures below are different views of the same plant, taken on the same day, rather than different individuals. They are usually different parts of it: the leaf, the flower, the bark.

Coleanthus subtilis, photographed by Yurii Basov
fig. a Yurii Basov, CC BY 4.0 / 2021-10-11 / obs. 163053998
Coleanthus subtilis, photographed by Nina Filippova
fig. b Nina Filippova, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 30707635
Coleanthus subtilis, photographed by Yurii Basov
fig. c Yurii Basov, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 163054016
Coleanthus subtilis, photographed by Nina Filippova
fig. d Nina Filippova, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 30707628
Coleanthus subtilis, photographed by Yurii Basov
fig. e Yurii Basov, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 163054032
Coleanthus subtilis, photographed by Nina Filippova
fig. f Nina Filippova, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 30707637
Coleanthus subtilis, photographed by Nina Filippova
fig. g Nina Filippova, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 30707625
Coleanthus subtilis, photographed by Ilya Filippov
fig. h Ilya Filippov, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 33720148

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Native range 13 botanical countries

Regions where Coleanthus subtilis is native: China Southeast, Khabarovsk, Manchuria, West Siberia, Austria, Czechia-Slovakia, France, Germany, Northwest European Russia, Poland, British Columbia, Oregon, Washington China SoutheastKhabarovskManchuriaWest SiberiaAustriaCzechia-SlovakiaFranceGermanyNorthwest European RussiaPolandBritish ColumbiaOregonWashington
Native distribution of Coleanthus subtilis, 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
Austria AUT EUROPE
Czechia-Slovakia CZE
France FRA
Germany GER
Northwest European Russia RUW
Poland POL
China Southeast CHS ASIA-TEMPERATE
Khabarovsk KHA
Manchuria CHM
West Siberia WSB
British Columbia BRC NORTHERN AMERICA
Oregon ORE
Washington WAS

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 7 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.

  • Schmidtia subtilis Tratt.
  • Schmidtia subtilis Tratt.
  • Schmidtia utricularia J.Presl & C.Presl
  • Schmidtia utriculata J.Presl & C.Presl
  • Schmidtia utriculosa Sternb.
  • Wilibalda subtilis (Tratt.) Roth
  • Zizania subtilis (Tratt.) Raspail

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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