Pyrus nivalisJacq.

WFO wfo-0000985831 Accepted WFO 2026-06 4 photographs CC0 / CC BY

Plate 1 figs. a–d · 2 observations

This species has been photographed under an open licence only 2 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.

Pyrus nivalis, photographed by Андрей Тихонов
fig. a Андрей Тихонов, CC0 1.0 / 2019-08-14 / obs. 48192256
Pyrus nivalis, photographed by Андрей Тихонов
fig. b Андрей Тихонов, CC0 1.0 / obs. 48192267
Pyrus nivalis, photographed by Андрей Тихонов
fig. c Андрей Тихонов, CC0 1.0 / obs. 48192236
Pyrus nivalis, photographed by Михаил Орлов
fig. d Михаил Орлов, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 48191126

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Native range 15 botanical countries

Regions where Pyrus nivalis is native: Türkiye, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Czechia-Slovakia, France, Greece, Hungary, Italy, NW. Balkan Pen., Poland, Romania, Spain, Switzerland, Ukraine TürkiyeAustriaBelgiumBulgariaCzechia-SlovakiaFranceGreeceHungaryItalyNW. Balkan Pen.PolandRomaniaSpainSwitzerlandUkraine
Native distribution of Pyrus nivalis, 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
Belgium BGM
Bulgaria BUL
Czechia-Slovakia CZE
France FRA
Greece GRC
Hungary HUN
Italy ITA
NW. Balkan Pen. YUG
Poland POL
Romania ROM
Spain SPA
Switzerland SWI
Ukraine UKR
Türkiye TUR ASIA-TEMPERATE

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 28 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.

  • Crataegus salviifolia (DC.) Chalon
  • Pyrus amygdaliformis subsp. salviifolia (DC.) Bonnier & Layens
  • Pyrus armud Hausskn. & Bornm.
  • Pyrus communis subsp. nivalis (Jacq.) Gams
  • Pyrus communis subsp. salviifolia (DC.) Gams
  • Pyrus communis var. nivalis (Jacq.) Fiori
  • Pyrus elaeagrifolia var. armud (Hausskn. & Bornm.) Diap.
  • Pyrus nivalis f. atroviridis Terpó
  • Pyrus nivalis f. bereczkiana Terpó
  • Pyrus nivalis f. borosiana Terpó
  • Pyrus nivalis f. calvescens Terpó
  • Pyrus nivalis f. canaliculata Terpó
  • Pyrus nivalis f. danubialis Terpó
  • Pyrus nivalis f. nudiclada Terpó
  • Pyrus nivalis f. pallidifolia Terpó
  • Pyrus nivalis f. polycarpa Terpó
  • Pyrus nivalis f. schilberszkyana Terpó
  • Pyrus nivalis f. subcoriacea Terpó
  • Pyrus nivalis f. tokajensis Terpó
  • Pyrus nivalis subsp. orientalis (Terpó) Terpó
  • Pyrus nivalis subsp. salviifolia (DC.) Binz & Thommen
  • Pyrus nivalis subsp. slavonica (Kit.) D.Bartha
  • Pyrus nivalis var. orientalis Terpó
  • Pyrus nivalis var. salviifolia (DC.) Rouy & E.G.Camus

and 4 more.

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.

We publish what we can source and we say so when we cannot. This page has no care advice and no toxicity claim, because we do not yet have those from a source we can cite.