Orostachys thyrsifloraFisch.

WFO wfo-0000383495 Accepted WFO 2026-06 6 photographs CC BY

Plate 1 figs. a–f · 6 separate observations

Orostachys thyrsiflora, photographed by Pavel Komkov
fig. a Pavel Komkov, CC BY 4.0 / 2021-07-31 / obs. 150015955
Orostachys thyrsiflora, photographed by Pavel Kacl
fig. b Pavel Kacl, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 46731877
Orostachys thyrsiflora, photographed by Pavel Kacl
fig. c Pavel Kacl, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 46731815
Orostachys thyrsiflora, photographed by Pavel Kacl
fig. d Pavel Kacl, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 46731839
Orostachys thyrsiflora, photographed by Pavel Komkov
fig. e Pavel Komkov, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 73767940
Orostachys thyrsiflora, photographed by desertnaturalist
fig. f desertnaturalist, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 66054086

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Native range 13 botanical countries

Regions where Orostachys thyrsiflora is native: Afghanistan, Altay, China North-Central, Kazakhstan, Kirgizstan, Mongolia, Tadzhikistan, Tibet, Tuva, West Siberia, Xinjiang, West Himalaya, East European Russia AfghanistanAltayChina North-CentralKazakhstanKirgizstanMongoliaTadzhikistanTibetTuvaWest SiberiaXinjiangWest HimalayaEast European Russia
Native distribution of Orostachys thyrsiflora, 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
Afghanistan AFG ASIA-TEMPERATE
Altay ALT
China North-Central CHN
Kazakhstan KAZ
Kirgizstan KGZ
Mongolia MON
Tadzhikistan TZK
Tibet CHT
Tuva TVA
West Siberia WSB
Xinjiang CHX
West Himalaya WHM ASIA-TROPICAL
East European Russia RUE EUROPE

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.

  • Cotyledon leucantha Ledeb.
  • Cotyledon rosea Less.
  • Cotyledon thyrsiflora Maxim.
  • Cotyledon thyrsiflora (Fisch.) D.Dietr.
  • Orostachys rosea (Less.) A.Berger
  • Sedum spinosum var. thyrsiflorum (Fisch.) Fröd.
  • Umbilicus leucanthus (Ledeb.) G.Don
  • Umbilicus leucanthus (Ledeb.) Ledeb.
  • Umbilicus thyrsiflorus (Fisch.) DC.

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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