Sanguisorba verrucosa(Link ex G.Don) Ces.

WFO wfo-0001007748 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC0 / CC BY

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 8 separate observations

Sanguisorba verrucosa, photographed by Quentin Groom
fig. a Quentin Groom, CC0 1.0 / 2022-05-16 / obs. 198293921
Sanguisorba verrucosa, photographed by Tim Johnson
fig. b Tim Johnson, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 197604526
Sanguisorba verrucosa, photographed by Tim Johnson
fig. c Tim Johnson, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 197604019
Sanguisorba verrucosa, photographed by Tim Johnson
fig. d Tim Johnson, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 197603255
Sanguisorba verrucosa, photographed by Eleftherios Katsillis
fig. e Eleftherios Katsillis, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 191777659
Sanguisorba verrucosa, photographed by Eleftherios Katsillis
fig. f Eleftherios Katsillis, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 189448792
Sanguisorba verrucosa, photographed by Abdenour Kheloufi
fig. g Abdenour Kheloufi, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 131775558
Sanguisorba verrucosa, photographed by Eleftherios Katsillis
fig. h Eleftherios Katsillis, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 119394424

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Native range 24 botanical countries

Regions where Sanguisorba verrucosa is native: Algeria, Azores, Canary Is., Egypt, Libya, Madeira, Morocco, Tunisia, Cyprus, East Aegean Is., Iraq, Lebanon-Syria, Palestine, Sinai, Türkiye, Baleares, Corse, France, Greece, Italy, Kriti, Portugal, Sicilia, Spain AlgeriaEgyptLibyaMoroccoTunisiaCyprusEast Aegean Is.IraqLebanon-SyriaPalestineSinaiTürkiyeCorseFranceGreeceItalyKritiPortugalSiciliaSpain AzoresCanary Is.MadeiraBaleares
Native distribution of Sanguisorba verrucosa, 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. Regions too small to draw at this scale are marked with a dot.
RegionTDWG codeContinent
Baleares BAL EUROPE
Corse COR
France FRA
Greece GRC
Italy ITA
Kriti KRI
Portugal POR
Sicilia SIC
Spain SPA
Algeria ALG AFRICA
Azores AZO
Canary Is. CNY
Egypt EGY
Libya LBY
Madeira MDR
Morocco MOR
Tunisia TUN
Cyprus CYP ASIA-TEMPERATE
East Aegean Is. EAI
Iraq IRQ
Lebanon-Syria LBS
Palestine PAL
Sinai SIN
Türkiye TUR

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 67 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.

  • Poterium alophum Spach ex Nyman
  • Poterium ancistroides var. vincentinum Chodat
  • Poterium chrysogoni Sennen
  • Poterium dioicum Pau
  • Poterium magnolii Spach
  • Poterium magnolii Willk.
  • Poterium magnolii f. minor Ficalho & Cout.
  • Poterium magnolii var. spachianum (Coss.) Merino
  • Poterium magnolii var. verrucosum (Link ex G.Don) Batt.
  • Poterium microcarpum (Boiss.) Shuttlew.
  • Poterium microphyllum Jord.
  • Poterium multicaule Boiss. & Reut.
  • Poterium muricatum subsp. magnolii (Spach) Arcang.
  • Poterium muricatum subsp. verrucosum (Link ex G.Don) Arcang.
  • Poterium polygamum Desf.
  • Poterium sanguisorba f. mauritanica Knoche
  • Poterium sanguisorba f. verrucosum (Link ex G.Don) Fiori
  • Poterium sanguisorba prol. spachianum (Coss.) Rouy & E.G.Camus
  • Poterium sanguisorba subsp. magnolii (Spach) Bonnier & Layens
  • Poterium sanguisorba var. magnolii (Spach) Gillet & Magne
  • Poterium sanguisorba var. microcarpum (Boiss.) Arcang.
  • Poterium sanguisorba var. spachianum (Coss.) Samp.
  • Poterium sanguisorba var. verrucosum (Link ex G.Don) Pamp.
  • Poterium spachianum Coss.

and 43 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.

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