Sanicula epipactis(Scop.) E.H.L.Krause

WFO wfo-0000433369 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC0 / CC BY

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 8 separate observations

Sanicula epipactis, photographed by Robin Fokker
fig. a Robin Fokker, CC BY 4.0 / 2022-05-09 / obs. 196302700
Sanicula epipactis, photographed by Juraj Ahel
fig. b Juraj Ahel, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 190907609
Sanicula epipactis, photographed by Nico
fig. c Nico, CC0 1.0 / obs. 189213132
Sanicula epipactis, photographed by Žan Rode
fig. d Žan Rode, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 187067303
Sanicula epipactis, photographed by Ljaž
fig. e Ljaž, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 119653936
Sanicula epipactis, photographed by Danijel Ostović
fig. f Danijel Ostović, CC0 1.0 / obs. 114304396
Sanicula epipactis, photographed by Christian Berg
fig. g Christian Berg, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 84239262
Sanicula epipactis, photographed by nicoweg
fig. h nicoweg, CC0 1.0 / obs. 134598247

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Native range 5 botanical countries

Regions where Sanicula epipactis is native: Austria, Czechia-Slovakia, Italy, NW. Balkan Pen., Poland AustriaCzechia-SlovakiaItalyNW. Balkan Pen.Poland
Native distribution of Sanicula epipactis, 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
Italy ITA
NW. Balkan Pen. YUG
Poland POL

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 4 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.

  • Astrantia epipactis Scop.
  • Dondia epipactis (Scop.) Spreng.
  • Dondisia epipactis (Scop.) Rchb.
  • Hacquetia epipactis (Scop.) 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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