Rhinanthus borbasii(Dörfl.) Soó

WFO wfo-0000463732 Accepted WFO 2026-06 4 photographs CC BY

Plate 1 figs. a–d · 1 observation

This species has been photographed under an open licence only 1 time, 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.

Rhinanthus borbasii, photographed by Patrick Hacker
fig. a Patrick Hacker, CC BY 4.0 / 2020-06-11 / obs. 107847933
Rhinanthus borbasii, photographed by Patrick Hacker
fig. b Patrick Hacker, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 107847954
Rhinanthus borbasii, photographed by Patrick Hacker
fig. c Patrick Hacker, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 107847926
Rhinanthus borbasii, photographed by Patrick Hacker
fig. d Patrick Hacker, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 107847968

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Native range 20 botanical countries

Regions where Rhinanthus borbasii is native: Altay, Inner Mongolia, Kazakhstan, Kirgizstan, Manchuria, Mongolia, North Caucasus, Tadzhikistan, Uzbekistan, West Siberia, Xinjiang, Austria, Czechia-Slovakia, East European Russia, Hungary, NW. Balkan Pen., Poland, Romania, South European Russia, Ukraine AltayInner MongoliaKazakhstanKirgizstanManchuriaMongoliaNorth CaucasusTadzhikistanUzbekistanWest SiberiaXinjiangAustriaCzechia-SlovakiaEast European RussiaHungaryNW. Balkan Pen.PolandRomaniaSouth European RussiaUkraine
Native distribution of Rhinanthus borbasii, 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
Altay ALT ASIA-TEMPERATE
Inner Mongolia CHI
Kazakhstan KAZ
Kirgizstan KGZ
Manchuria CHM
Mongolia MON
North Caucasus NCS
Tadzhikistan TZK
Uzbekistan UZB
West Siberia WSB
Xinjiang CHX
Austria AUT EUROPE
Czechia-Slovakia CZE
East European Russia RUE
Hungary HUN
NW. Balkan Pen. YUG
Poland POL
Romania ROM
South European Russia RUS
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 10 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.

  • Alectorolophus borbasii Dörfl.
  • Alectorolophus goniotrichus Borbás ex Sterneck
  • Alectorolophus songaricus Sterneck
  • Fistularia goniotricha (Borbás ex Sterneck) Borbás
  • Fistularia goniotricha var. interfoliata Borbás
  • Rhinanthus borbasii var. rapaicsianus (Soó) E.Mayer
  • Rhinanthus ferganensis Vassilcz.
  • Rhinanthus goniotrichus Borbás
  • Rhinanthus major subsp. rapaicsianus Soó
  • Rhinanthus songaricus B.Fedtsch.

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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